Opis

• Tytuł:
  Reasons and political consequences of by-elections to the Polish Senate
• Twórca:
  Leszczyńska, Krystyna
• Opis:
  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.
• Dostępność obiektu:
  Dostęp otwarty
• Prawa:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2018 Przegląd Politologiczny
• Data:
  2018.06.26
• Typ:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy;
  Artykuły naukowe
• Język:
  polski
• Źródło:
  Przegląd Politologiczny; No. 2 (2018); 139-152;
  Przegląd Politologiczny; Nr 2 (2018); 139-152;
  2956-5081;
  1426-8876
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Wydawca:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relacja: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pp/article/view/13170/12868
• Temat i słowa kluczowe:
  Senate of the Republic of Poland;
  by-elections;
  expiry of mandate;
  political forecast;
  Senat RP;
  wybory uzupełniające;
  wygaśnięcie mandatu;
  prognoza polityczna
• Identyfikator: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pp/article/view/13170
• Dostawca danych:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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