A evidence number of Poles have already reported to vote abroad in the second circular of the presidential election on 1 June. Data from the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs show that more than 636,000 people are registered. This is simply a evidence in the past of the Polish general election – writes Onet portal.
Poles in Germany are besides on the move, where almost 107 000 people were registered by noon on Monday, May 26. any commissions "break in stitches". This is the case, among another things, in the old Polish embassy in Berlin, where the number of saved already reaches 2.5 thousand.
When registering net users find information: "There is simply a very large number of voters in this committee, you can anticipate a queue to vote. We urge choosing another committee."
Similarly, the advanced number of registered commissions are recorded in Düsseldorf, Hannover, Cologne, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Darmstadt or Dortmund in the Ruhr Basin – an crucial centre of Polish life in Germany. All records are traditionally broken by a circuit election committee in Kleve, close the border with the Netherlands. By Monday morning, it had over 3.2 1000 registered.
In the first circular of this year's presidential election almost 85 1000 Polish voters registered in Germany, and over 78 1000 went to the election. Now it is expected that there will be many more in the second round. In the elections to the Sejm and the legislature in the fall of 2023, about 109 1000 Poles came to the vote in Germany, and almost 102.5 1000 people yet voted.
Three years earlier – nearly 70,000 Poles voted in Germany in the presidential election in the second round. At the time, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the voice could only be given by correspondence. There's no way this year.
Record number of committees
The evidence this year is the number of circuits created in Germany to vote. There are 54 of them – 7 more than 2 years ago in the parliamentary election.
Currently, 8 electoral commissions have been established in the German capital. You can first vote at the fresh Polish embassy in the heart of Berlin on Unter den Linden Avenue. In Munich and Hamburg six commissions were formed. 3 commissions each have Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. 2 in turn – Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Bielefeld, Bremen and the south of Germany – Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Karlsruhe.
In addition, there are respective cities in Germany: Leipzig, Dresden, Brunswick, Hannover, Laatzen, Oldenburg, Darmstadt, Kassel, Kleve, Mainz, Münster and Wiesbaden.
Important formalities
Poles abroad may participate in presidential elections only by individual voting at the seat of the applicable committee. There is no anticipation to vote by correspondence or to vote by proxy.
In order to vote in Germany or another country outside Poland, voters gotta fulfil respective formalities. Only those who are abroad, who are included in the electoral roster drawn up by the consul or have certificates of voting right, may vote.
Voting in the same committee
It is crucial to know that Poles who already registered in a given circuit to vote in Germany before the first circular are automatically registered for the second round.
So they do not gotta take any additional action if they want to vote in the second circular in the same place. All they gotta do is go to the polling place on June 1st and vote.
Registration until 27 May
It is different for voters who did not vote in Germany in the first round. By Tuesday, 27 May (by 23.59 p.m.), they can add to the list of voters drawn up by the consul. It is best to usage the eElection electronic registration system. Among another things, it is essential to supply the PESEL number, the valid passport number or ID card number and the address of your stay abroad.
A request bearing its own signature may besides be submitted in writing to the consul liable for the circuit in which it wishes to vote. The application form is available on the Gov.pl website under "report and election".
When sending an email notification (to the email address of the competent consular authority), a scan or photograph of the application signed by hand shall be attached.
When submitting the voter, he must choice 1 of the voting circuits and remember his number. It may happen that there will be respective voting circuits at 1 address.
Change of voting place
"Register" must in turn those people who know that on the day of the second circular they will be elsewhere abroad. They can besides change the voting circuit themselves by 27 May utilizing the eElection strategy or make a written request.
And there is another anticipation that concerns, among others, those who do not yet know in which peculiar circuit they will give their voice. They can get a certificate of voting rights at any consular office abroad or at any municipal office in Poland by 29 May. This certificate entitles you to vote at any polling venue, both at home and abroad.
Those who have requested a certificate of voting rights before 18 May received 2 certificates and may vote with a certificate of voting rights in the second circular at any polling station.
Election venues open from 7:00 to 21:00
The decisive circular in the election of the president of Poland will take place on Sunday, June 1. Election venues – besides in Germany – will be open from 7:00 to 21:00.
When going to elections, you should have a valid Polish passport or Polish ID.
Trzaskowski or Nawrocki?
In the final round, the Citizen Coalition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski will face the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki. This year, pre-election polls foretell a very even match. In the first circular both candidates shared only little than 2 percent points.
The results of the first circular of elections were presented in Germany differently than in Poland. Rafał Trzaskowski won over Oder and Renem (40.86 percent), and the second was Sławomir Mentzen (18.63 percent). Only 14.55% of voters in Germany voted for Karol Nawrocki.
Even if more than 100,000 Poles vote in Germany on 1 June, it will be only a tiny part of Polish citizens surviving in that country. According to the data of the German national Statistical Office in 2024 there were about 865 1000 people with Polish citizenship surviving in Germany. In turn, the number of people originating and related to Poland is estimated at up to 2 million.
