Senate Pact 2023

Senate Pact 2023
Pakt Senacki 2023
OrganizerZygmunt Frankiewicz
Founded28 February 2023 (2023-02-28)
IdeologyPro-Europeanism
Political positionBig tent
Pact members
Yes! For Poland
Senate
66 / 100
Website
Twitter page
Announcement of the Senate Pact 2023

The Senate Pact 2023 (Polish: Pakt Senacki 2023) is an electoral alliance among the Civic Coalition (KO), the New Left (NL), the Polish People's Party (PSL) and Poland 2050 for the 2023 Polish Senate election. The accord was agreed on 28 February 2023 by party representatives Marcin Kierwiński (KO), Dariusz Wieczorek (NL), Piotr Zgorzelski (KP-PSL) and Jacek Bury (Poland 2050).

The agreement assumes close cooperation regarding the conduct of the election campaign; in each electoral district for the Senate of Poland, the constituent parties will back one common candidate. Candidates recommended by parties to the agreement and political parties cooperating will have the exclusive right to use the official logo of the coalition.

To implement the agreement, an organizational team was established, whose work is managed by a representative of Yes! For PolandCivic Coalition Senator Zygmunt Frankiewicz. The team's task is to divide the electoral districts into individual parties to the agreement, prepare proposals for candidates for Senators of the Republic of Poland and develop a concept for conducting an election campaign. The first informal Senate pact was concluded before the parliamentary elections in 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The alliance won 66 seats out of 100 in the 11th term of the Senate which will sit from 2023 to 2027.

Composition

Name Ideology Political position Leader(s) Number of candidates (2023) 2019 result Number of seats at the end of the 10th term 2023 result Current number of seats
Votes (%) Seats Votes

(%)

Seats
Civic Coalition (KO)
Koalicja Obywatelska
Liberalism Big tent Donald Tusk
49 / 100
35.7%
43 / 100
40 / 100
28.9%
41 / 100
42 / 100
The Left
Lewica
Members
Social democracy
Progressivism
Centre-left[7] to left-wing[8] Włodzimierz Czarzasty
Robert Biedroń
14 / 100
2.3%
2 / 100
1 / 100
5.3%
9 / 100
9 / 100
Third Way (TD)
Trzecia Droga
Polish Coalition (KP)
Koalicja Polska
Members
Agrarianism
Christian democracy
Centre to centre-right Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
21 / 100
5.7%
3 / 100
4 / 100
8.1%
6 / 100
12 / 100
Poland 2050
Polska 2050
Centrism
Green politics
Centre Szymon Hołownia
8 / 100
N/A
1 / 100
3.4%
5 / 100
Yes! For Poland
Tak! Dla Polski
Regionalism
Decentralization
Centre-left Jacek Karnowski
8 / 100
N/A
2 / 100
[a]
3.3%
6 / 100
N/A
Independents N/A
1 / 100
N/A
2 / 100
0.7%
1 / 100
3 / 100
Total N/A
97 / 100
45.9%
51 / 100
49 / 100
48.4%
66 / 100
66 / 100


Jan Maria Jackowski and Józef Zając, former members of the Law and Justice parliamentary group have been informally endorsed and the Pact will not stand in their constituencies.

Notes

  1. ^ Zygmunt Frankiewicz also belongs to the Civic Coalition parliamentary group.

References

  1. ^ "Pakt senacki 2023. Opozycja startuje wspólnie do Senatu - konferencja prasowa" [Senate pact 2023. The opposition runs together for the Senate - press conference]. TVN24 (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Pakt senacki podpisany. Kandydaci przed wakacjami" [Senate pact signed. Candidates before the holidays]. Polska Agencja Prasowa SA [Polish Press Agency] (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ Szpala I, Dobrosz-Oracz J (28 February 2023). "Tak będzie wyglądał pakt senacki opozycji. "Wyborcza" ma dokument" [This is what the Senate pact of the opposition will look like. "Wyborcza" has the document]. Gazeta Wyborcza [The Electoral Gazette] (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  4. ^ Dziubka K (28 February 2023). "Opozycja ogłasza pakt senacki. Kulisy negocjacji" [The opposition announces the Senate pact. Behind the scenes of the negotiations]. Onet Wiadomości [Onet News] (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Opozycja się dogadała. Przynajmniej tutaj będzie "jedna lista"" [The opposition got along. At least here will be "one list"]. wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Opozycja i samorządowcy odtwarzają Pakt Senacki. Razem zawalczą o wynik wyborów" [The opposition and local government officials are recreating the Senate Pact. Together they will fight for the election result]. www.portalsamorzadowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Polish voters give their verdict on four years of right-wing populists". Independent.co.uk. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Poland election: Ruling Law and Justice party win poll". BBC News. 14 October 2019.