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Trzecia Droga – skuteczna koalicja w wyborach parlamentarnych 2023 roku
The Third Way – an Effective Coalition in the 2023 Parliamentary Elections

Author(s): Jacek Wojnicki
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych UW
Keywords: parliamentary elections; electoral coalition; Sejm; Senate; program assumptions; political opposition;

Summary/Abstract: The analysis covers the issue of the participation of the coalition Polish People’s Party and the Poland 2050 group in the parliamentary election in October 2023. This article discusses both the genesis of the coalition and the main assumptions of the program, analyses the lists of candidates proposed by the Third Way (name of the coalition) and the voting results, both in the context of the first (Sejm) and second (Senat) parliamentary chambers. The presented analysis is typically political in nature. The aim of the article is to show the validity of the political strategy assuming the establishment of an electoral coalition by the two discussed parties – PSL and Polska 2050. Several research methods belonging to political sciences were used – historical and descriptive analysis, decisionmaking and comparative methods. They serve to present comprehensive scientific arguments and obtain answers to analytical questions.

  • Issue Year: 74/2024
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 175-195
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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