The autocratic Law and Justice Party looks set to be turfed out by a center-left coalition, which gained more than half of all votes.
The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline.
Heading into the national elections, there was no guarantee that politics in Poland would not continue down this route. There were, in fact, many reasons to wonder whether the October elections were fair. Here are five factors that contributed to the Polish election result – and could have implications for other countries faced with democratic backsliding.
The election also saw a record number of female candidates and the largest percentage of women voted into Poland’s Sejm.During the communist period that ended in 1989, women’s political participation was not significant. Post-communist governments, however, did not provide women with the rights they expected or wanted.
This is partly because the ruling government had been particularly outspoken on issues that matter to young Poles, such as LGBTQ+ rights and abortion. Meanwhile, opposition party candidates promised to make same-sex civil partnership and the legalization of abortion up to 12 weeks a priority.
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