Civic Coalition (Poland)


Civic Coalition, officially the Coalition Election Committee Civic Coalition PO.N iPL Zieloni, is an electoral alliance in Poland.

History

The Civic Coalition was originally created by the Civic Platform and Modern parties for 2018 local elections. In June 2019, it was announced that the Civic Coalition would be slated to participate in the 2019 Polish parliamentary election and Civic Platform and Modern will form a joint parliamentary club. The Greens announced at the end of July 2019 that they will participate in the elections as part of the Coalition. In August 2019, the Silesian Autonomy Movement and other member organisations of the Silesian Electoral Agreement joined the Coalition.

General results in local elections in 2018 and after

In the 2018 local elections, the Civic Coalition received 26.97% of votes, winning 194 seats. In 8 voivodships, it obtained the best result, and in the Pomerania the majority of seats. The coalition fared worse in the powiat and mayoral election. In the first round of 11 candidates of the Civic Coalition won elections for mayors of cities. In addition, 15 candidates of the Civic Coalition went through to the second round, of which 8 were elected. Candidates of Civic Coalition were elected presidents of 19 cities, while it was placed second to the national-conservative Law and Justice in 4.
The committee has shown stronger electoral performances in large cities, such as, Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Łódź, and Kraków. Better than average results were achieved in West and North Poland. In the Opole Voivodeship, Civic Coalition received high support among the German minority. However, it has weaker support in the villages and in the conservative Eastern Poland.
s in 2019
In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the Coalition received most of its votes in major cities and areas surrounding them.

Composition

* The Civic Coalition electoral committee lists also include a handful of candidates who are members of Silesian Regional Party, Social Democracy of Poland, Polish People's Party, Your Movement, Freedom and Equality, Democratic Left Alliance, and Labour Union, as well as, political independents.

Polish local elections 2018: results in regional assemblies

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