Object's details: Reasons and political consequences of by-elections to the Polish Senate

Provider:Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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Title:
Reasons and political consequences of by-elections to the Polish Senate
Creator:
Leszczyńska, Krystyna
Description:
In the opinion of Polish politicians, by-elections to the Senate of the Republic of Poland have a barometer function, reflecting the political climate in the society. The objective of the present article is to indicate the reasons for and political consequences of mid-term expiry of senators’ mandates. In comparing the research results obtained by analyzing the topic of this article we attempted to answer the following research questions: 1) what factors influence the expiry of senators’ mandates in Poland?; 2) what is voter turnout in these elections, when compared to the ordinary elections to the Polish parliament (Sejm and Senate)? 3) to what extent do the by-elections to the Senate influence the change in its political composition?; 4) do they form a credible barometer of the political climate in the society? The research methods applied (institutional-legal, statistical, and comparative) allowed us to formulate our conclusion. So far, 44 senators’ mandates (4.9%) have expired. The main reasons for that have been death (36.4%), appointment to high public offices (22.8%), or being elected EMP (15.9%). The Senate by-elections have been conducted 37 times, and they have usually generated limited interest of voters (usually around 7%). Nevertheless, in several cases their results signalled the upcoming political change (by-elections in the IV, V and VIII terms) or the continuation of the existing political arrangement (by-elections in the VI term of office). The general efficiency of this forecast is rather elusive; it turned out to be correct in four out of seven terms of Senate.
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free access
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2018 Przegląd Politologiczny
Date:
2018.06.26
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Artykuł naukowy;
Artykuły naukowe
Language:
Polish
Source:
Przegląd Politologiczny; No. 2 (2018); 139-152;
Przegląd Politologiczny; Nr 2 (2018); 139-152;
2956-5081;
1426-8876
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pp/article/view/13170/12868
Subject:
Senate of the Republic of Poland;
by-elections;
expiry of mandate;
political forecast;
Senat RP;
wybory uzupełniające;
wygaśnięcie mandatu;
prognoza polityczna
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pp/article/view/13170
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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