Polish referendum, 2015

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A three-part referendum was held in Poland on 6 September 2015.[1] Voters were asked whether they approve of introducing single-member constituencies for Sejm elections, maintaining state financing of political parties and introducing a presumption in favour of the taxpayer in disputes over the tax law.[2] The referendums were ordered by outgoing President Bronisław Komorowski, who had promised to hold a referendum on the electoral system after the first round of the presidential elections,[3] which he subsequently lost to Andrzej Duda.

The voter turnout of 7.80 percent was well below the 50-percent threshold required for the referendum results to be legally binding.[4]

Questions

The referendum asked voters the following three yes-or-no questions:

  1. Are you in favour of introducing single-member constituencies in elections to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland?[lower-alpha 1]
  2. Are you in favour of maintaining the current method of financing of political parties from the national budget?[lower-alpha 2]
  3. Are you in favour of introducing a general rule of resolving doubts regarding the interpretation of taxation law in favour of the tax-payer?[lower-alpha 3][2]

Results

Question For Against Invalid/
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Total Registered
voters
Turnout
Votes % Votes %
Single-member constituencies 1,829,995 78.75 493,935 21.25 60,850 2,384,780 30,565,826 7.80
Financing of political parties 404,515 17.37 1,923,994 82.63 56,271
Tax law interpretation 2,194,689 94.51 127,395 5.49 62,696
Source: PKW

Notes

  1. In Polish: Czy jest Pani/Pan za wprowadzeniem jednomandatowych okręgów wyborczych w wyborach do Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej?
  2. In Polish: Czy jest Pani/Pan za utrzymaniem dotychczasowego sposobu finansowania partii politycznych z budżetu państwa?
  3. In Polish: Czy jest Pani/Pan za wprowadzeniem zasady ogólnej rozstrzygania wątpliwości co do wykładni przepisów prawa podatkowego na korzyść podatnika?

References

  1. Referendum set for 6 September Radio Poland, 18 June 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 czerwca 2015 r. o zarządzeniu ogólnokrajowego referendum [Decision of the President of the Republic of Poland of 17 June 2015 ordering a nationwide referendum], Dz. U. z 2015 r. poz. 852 (2015-06-17)
  3. Poland president will back referendum to change political system to be like Westminster The Telegraph, 10 May 2015
  4. Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej z dnia 7 września 2015 r. o wynikach głosowania i wyniku referendum przeprowadzonego w dniu 6 września 2015 r. (Announcement of the National Electoral Commission of 7 September 2015 on the results of the vote and the result of the referendum held on 6 September 2015)