PiS, Civic Coalition, Left, Third Way Poland 2050 – PSL, Confederation, Non-Party Local Governments – these are six committees that – according to the list published by the PKW – will nominate candidates for the Sejm throughout the country.
6 national committees
According to the information on the PKW website, these six committees have registered lists in at least half of the constituencies, which means that they can nominate candidates throughout Poland, in accordance with the electoral law.
At least 35% of voters must be on the lists for elections to the Sejm. women and at least 35 percent men; all candidates must meet the age criterion – only a Polish citizen with the right to vote who has reached the age of 21 on Election Day can be a candidate for a deputy; in the case of a senatorial candidate, it is 30 years.
In accordance with the Electoral Act, the list of candidates for deputies must be supported by at least 5,000 signatures. voters who reside permanently in a particular constituency.
In turn, the nomination of a candidate for the senatorship would have to be supported by the signatures of at least 2,000 people. voters in a particular constituency.
Cannot candidates be persons who have been deprived of their public rights, who have been sentenced by final judgment to imprisonment for an intentional crime prosecuted by a public charge or an intentional tax crime.
In elections to the Sejm, Poland is divided into 41 districts of varying size. The smallest constituency, where seven deputies are elected, is Częstochowa, and the largest is Warsaw – as many as twenty seats are up for grabs here.
Parliamentary elections will be held on 15 October. Poland will elect 460 deputies and 100 senators for four-year terms.
Unverified rumors about links
Wednesday at The deadline for election commissions to submit lists of candidates for deputies and candidates for senators has passed. At that time, rumors appeared on social media that the left failed to do so.
He wrote about it Roman Giertych (KO candidate for the Sejm), as well as Witold Tumanowicz of the Confederacy.
There were rumors today that @__Lewica had failed to register the election lists. The registrations of the 21st lists have been announced on the PKW website, which also means the registration of the lists of Links in all districts. This is evident from the hundreds of thousands of signatures collected. Who’s up for gossip?
– Maciej Gdula from the left denied the rumors on Wednesday.
To the internet user’s accusation that the left had reported letters “to contact,” Gdula replied:
Not on contact. Today was the deadline for submitting lists, not registering lists. The registration is still ongoing.
The left-wing politician also added on Thursday:
Yesterday @GiertychRoman, among others, insinuated that @__Lewica would not register the lists. Well, we are already registered in all districts and we have collected about 500,000 signatures. Today is a day of good news, but not for Mr. Roman
The campaign is so hot and tense, and on the side of the opposition itself, that even the formalities of the committees for the PKW arouse great emotion.
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Source: wPolityce
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