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List Of Polish Parliamentary Districts
Electoral districts of Poland ( pl, okręgi wyborcze, ()) are defined by Polish election law. Electoral districts can be divided depending on whether they are individual entities or parts of a larger electoral district with regard to elections to 1) parliament (Sejm) and Senate 2) local offices and 3) European Parliament. Each district has a number of mandates calculated on the basis of its population. List of Sejm constituencies ''Source:'' List of Senate constituencies ''Source:'' List of European Parliament constituencies ''Source:'' The numbers of elected MEPs in districts may change every election, because to European Parliament are elected 51 persons (52 after brexit) with the highest score in the country. See also * Administrative division of Poland * Elections in Poland Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Law
The Polish law or legal system in Poland has been developing since the History of Poland (966–1385), first centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. The public law, public and private law, private laws of Poland are Codification (law), codified. The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland. Poland is a civil law (legal system), civil law legal jurisdiction and has a civil code, the ''Civil Code'' of Poland. The Polish parliament creates legislation (law) and is made up of the 'Senate' (upper house) and the Sejm (lower house). Legal areas Polish public and private laws are divided into various areas, including, for example: *Civil law (Civil law), civil law (''prawo cywilne''), much of which is contained in the ''Polish Civil Code'' *commercial law (''prawo handlowe'') notably the ''Polish Code of Commercial Partnerships and Companies'' *Copyright law of Poland, copyright law (''prawo autorskie''), see copyright law in Poland for details *administrative law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the historic Lubusz Land (''Lebus'' or ''Lubus''), although parts of the voivodeship belong to the historic regions of Silesia, Greater Poland and Lusatia. Until 1945, it mainly formed the Neumark within the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. The functions of regional capital are shared between two cities: Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. Gorzów serves as the seat of the centrally-appointed voivode, or governor, and Zielona Góra is the seat of the elected regional assembly (sejmik) and the executive elected by that assembly, headed by a marshal (''marszałek''). In addition, the voivodeship includes a third city (Nowa Sól) and a number of towns. The reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedlce (parliamentary Constituency)
, parl_name = National Assembly of the Republic of Poland , image = , caption = Boundary of the Siedlce Constituency in Poland for the 2011 general election. , map_entity = Poland , map_year = 2011 , district_label = Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , district = Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, and Wyszków , region_label = City Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , region = Ostrołęka and Siedlce , year = , parts_label = Sejm Deputies , parts = 12 , blank2_name = Sejm District , blank2_info = 18 , blank3_name = European Parliament constituency , blank3_info = Masovian , blank4_name = Voivodeship sejmik , blank4_info = Masovian Regional Assembly Siedlce is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Masovian Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radom (parliamentary Constituency)
, parl_name = National Assembly of the Republic of Poland , image = , caption = Boundary of the Radom Constituency in Poland for the 2011 general election. , map_entity = Poland , map_year = 2011 , district_label = Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , district = Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, and Zwoleń , region_label = City Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , region = Radom , year = , parts_label = Sejm Deputies , parts = 9 , blank2_name = Sejm District , blank2_info = 17 , blank3_name = European Parliament constituency , blank3_info = Masovian , blank4_name = Voivodeship sejmik , blank4_info = Masovian Regional Assembly Radom is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Masovian Voivodeship. It elects nine members of the Sejm. The district has the number '17' for elections to the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masovian Voivodeship
The Masovian Voivodeship, also known as the Mazovia Province ( pl, województwo mazowieckie ) is a voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, with its capital located in the city of Warsaw, which also serves as the capital of the country. The voivodeship has an area of and, as of 2019, a population of 5,411,446, making it the largest and most populated voivodeship of Poland. Its principal cities are Warsaw (1.783 million) in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (212,230) in the south, Płock (119,709) in the west, Siedlce (77,990) in the east, and Ostrołęka (52,071) in the north. The province was created on 1 January 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Warsaw, Płock, Ciechanów, Ostrołęka, Siedlce and Radom, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of the region, Mazovia, with which it is roughly coterminous. However, southern part of the voivodeship, with Radom, historically belong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Płock (parliamentary Constituency)
, parl_name = National Assembly of the Republic of Poland , image = , caption = Boundary of the Płock Constituency in Poland for the 2011 general election. , map_entity = Poland , map_year = 2011 , district_label = Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , district = Ciechanów, Gostynin, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, and Żyrardów , region_label = City Counties in Masovian Voivodeship , region = Płock , year = , parts_label = Sejm Deputies , parts = 10 , blank2_name = Sejm District , blank2_info = 16 , blank3_name = European Parliament constituency , blank3_info = Masovian , blank4_name = Voivodeship sejmik , blank4_info = Masovian Regional Assembly Płock is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Masovian Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm. The district has the number '16' for elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnów (parliamentary Constituency)
, parl_name = National Assembly of the Republic of Poland , image = , caption = Boundary of the Tarnów Constituency in Poland for the 2011 general election. , map_entity = Poland , map_year = 2011 , district_label = Counties in Lesser Poland Voivodeship , district = Bochnia, Brzesko, Dąbrowa, Proszowice, Tarnów, and Wieliczka , region_label = City Counties in Lesser Poland Voivodeship , region = Tarnów , year = , parts_label = Sejm Deputies , parts = 9 , blank2_name = Sejm District , blank2_info = 15 , blank3_name = European Parliament constituency , blank3_info = Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie , blank4_name = Voivodeship sejmik , blank4_info = Lesser Poland Regional Assembly Tarnów is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm and three members of the Sena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowy Sącz (parliamentary Constituency)
Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid Sądecki Region as well as the third most populous city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Names Nowy Sącz has been known in German as ''Neu Sandez'' and in Hungarian as ''Újszandec''. The Rusyn name was Novyj Sanc. Its Yiddish names include צאַנז (''Tsanz'') and נײַ-סאַנץ (''Nay-Sants''). History Nowy Sącz was founded on 8 November 1292 by the Polish and Bohemian ruler Wenceslaus II, on the site of an earlier village named Kamienica. The foundation of Nowy Sącz took place due to the efforts of Bishop of Kraków, , who owned Kamienica. Upon request of the bishop, Wenceslaus II granted it Magdeburg rights, making it the only Polish town founded by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków II (parliamentary Constituency)
Kraków is a Polish parliamentary constituency that is coterminous with the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It elects fourteen members of the Sejm. The district has the number '13' for elections to the Sejm and is named after the city of Kraków. For elections to the Sejm, it includes the counties of Brzeg, Kraków, Miechów, and Olkusz and the city county of Kraków. For elections to the Senate, it also includes the counties of Chrzanów, Myślenice, Oświęcim, Sucha, and Wadowice Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W .... List of members Sejm Footnotes {{DEFAULTSORT:Krakow (parliamentary constituency) Electoral districts of Poland Kraków Lesser Poland Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of 3,404,863 (2019). It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sącz and parts of Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kielce and Krosno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province's name recalls the traditional name of a historic Polish region, Lesser Poland, or in Polish: Małopolska. Current Lesser Poland Voivodeship, however, covers only a small part of the broader ancient Małopolska region which, together with Greater Poland (''Wielkopolska'') and Silesia (''Śląsk''), formed the early medieval Polish state. Historic Lesser Poland is much larger than the current province. It stretches far north, to Radom, and Siedlce, also including such cities, as Stalowa Wola, Lublin, Kielce, Częstochowa, and Sosnowie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraków I (parliamentary Constituency)
Kraków is an electoral district in Poland for elections to the Sejm, to which it elects eight members to the Sejm. It is located in the south of the country, centred on the city of Chrzanów, on the south-eastern outskirts of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia and the south-western outskirts of Kraków: respectively the largest and third-largest metropolitan areas in Poland. It covers five counties in the east of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship: Chrzanów, Myślenice, Oświęcim, Sucha, and Wadowice Wadowice (; ger, Frauenstadt – Wadowitz) is a town in southern Poland, southwest of Kraków with 19,200 inhabitants (2006), situated on the Skawa river, confluence of Vistula, in the eastern part of Silesian Foothills (Pogórze Śląskie). W ...."PKW Chrzanów, okr. 12" List of members 2019-2023 Footnotes {{DEFAULTSORT:Chrzanow (parliamentary constituency) Electoral districts of Poland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sieradz (parliamentary Constituency)
Sieradz ( la, Siradia, yi, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, german: 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021). It is the seat of the Sieradz County, situated in the Łódź Voivodeship. Historically it was the capital of one of the minor duchies in Greater Poland. It is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Sieradz was an important city of medieval Poland, thrice being a location for the election of the Polish monarchs. Polish Kings chaired six assemblies from here. History The oldest settlements can be roughly traced back to the 6th century. The oldest known mention of Sieradz comes from the ''Bull of Gniezno'' from 1136. In the mid 13th century it was conferred with municipal rights by Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia. It had also welcomed many settlers from Scotland and the Netherlands after the 13th century. During the fragmentation of Poland, initially it was part of the Seniorate Province, and then from 1231 it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
