In the Sejm elections, Cezary Przybylski of the Civic Platform received the most votes in Bolesławiec (2,172 votes), followed by Jerzy Szmajdziński of the Democratic Left Alliance (1,672 votes) and Jan Cołokidzi of the Democratic Party (1,159 votes). In the entire Legnica–Jelenia Góra constituency, however, Cezary Przybylski received 4,273 votes, while Jerzy Szmajdziński received as many as 20,741 votes. Jan Cołokidzi received 2,227 votes. To enter the Sejm, Cezary Przybylski would have had to obtain at least 7,333 votes in the entire constituency.
Below, we present charts showing the number of votes received by candidates from Bolesławiec in Bolesławiec County and throughout the Jelenia Góra–Legnica constituency.
Bolesławiec residents fared relatively better in voter turnout. Approximately 39% of those eligible to vote participated in the elections in Bolesławiec. Turnout in the Legnica–Jelenia Góra constituency was just under 37%.
The following candidates from the Law and Justice party entered the Sejm from the Legnica–Jelenia Góra constituency: Adam Lipiński, Tadeusz Madziarczyk, Elżbieta Witek and Jan Zubowski. The Civic Platform will be represented in the Sejm by Grzegorz Schetyna, Beata Sawicka and Piotr Cybulski. The Democratic Left Alliance won two seats, which went to Jerzy Szmajdziński and Ryszard Zbrzyzny. Self-Defence will also be represented by two MPs, Czesław Litwin and Hubert Costa. The League of Polish Families won only one seat in our constituency. Its MP will be Piotr Ślusarczyk.
Three candidates from our constituency were elected to the Senate. They are Tadeusz Lewandowski of Law and Justice (87,471 votes), Tadeusz Maćkała of the Civic Platform (88,032) and Rafał Ślusarz, also of Law and Justice (80,331).
In the Senate elections in Bolesławiec County, Tadeusz Lewandowski won (7,182). Tadeusz Maćkała came next (6,738 votes), followed by Rafał Ślusarz (6,336 votes).
Do Bolesławiec Residents Not Want an MP from Their City?
Once again, none of the politicians from Bolesławiec was elected to the Sejm. Many factors likely contributed to this, on the part of both voters and local politicians. Once again, it turned out that it was impossible to put forward one joint candidate in the elections. Once again, an SLD politician from outside Bolesławiec won a large number of votes. Why does Bolesławiec not have its own representative in the Sejm? Can we not afford to have our own parliamentarian? You can express your opinion using the form below.