Chrzanów (parliamentary constituency)

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12 – Chrzanów, located in the south of the country, covers the area to the south west of Kraków and to the south east of Katowice.

Chrzanów is an electoral district in Poland for elections to the Sejm, to which it elects eight members to the Sejm. In the 2007 election, it elected four members from Law and Justice, three from Civic Platform, and 1 from Left and Democrats.[1]

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.[1]

Unlike other constituencies, Chrzanów does not elect members to the Senate, but is part of a larger Kraków constituency, which includes the Sejm seat of 13 – Kraków to the north. The enlarged Kraków elects four senators.

List of members

Member Party Term
Tadeusz Arkit Civic Platform
Janusz Chwierut Civic Platform
Paweł Graś Civic Platform
Kazimierz Hajda Poland Comes First[A] 2009–[B]
Marek Łatas Law and Justice
Marek Polak Law and Justice
Stanisław Rydzoń Democratic Left Alliance
Beata Szydło Law and Justice
^A Elected for Law and Justice.
^B Hajda replaced Paweł Kowal on 10 June 2009.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chrzanów, okr. 12". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza. Retrieved 23 January 2011. 
Parliamentary constituencies in Poland
1 Chrzanów and Kraków elect members separately for the Sejm, but form the enlarged 12 – Kraków for Senate elections.

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