The role and importance of the Non-Partisan Election Committee of Voters of Western Pomerania in the elections to the Parliament of the Province of the West Pomeranian in 2014 Cover Image

Rola i znaczenie Bezpartyjnego Komitetu Wyborczego Wyborców Pomorze Zachodnie w wyborach do Sejmiku Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego w 2014 roku
The role and importance of the Non-Partisan Election Committee of Voters of Western Pomerania in the elections to the Parliament of the Province of the West Pomeranian in 2014

Author(s): Andrzej Wojtaszak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Governance, Electoral systems
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: election committees; elections; local government

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the elections to the Parliament of the Province of the West Pomeranian in 2014. The author draws attention to the action taken by the environment local politicians from different cities of the Province of the West Pomerania (Szczecin, Koszalin, Police, Stargard Szczeciński), have taken a joint decision to build a nonpartisan electoral committee in elections West Pomeranian Regional Assembly. Authors of the project decided that appearing in the electoral coalition will be able to compete with political parties. The project gave the election, only one councilor, does not mean, however, that ended in unequivocal failure. On the contrary, we recognize that this is the first step on the road to compete with political parties. A step that may in the future bring greater political benefits and give another dimension to the scene after the elections at the regional level.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 65-75
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish