These results illustrate the growing power of EAPL and coalition 'Block of Valdemar Tomaševski'.
I. Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
2000 year 28,642 votes = 2.0%
2004 year 45,302 votes = 3.8%
2008 year 59,237 votes = 4.8%
2012 year 79,840 votes = 6.1%
II. Municipal Elections
2002 year 55,586 votes = 3.9%
2007 year 57,947 votes = 5.4%
2011 year 76,239 votes = 6.6%
2015 year 90,911 votes = 7.9% (the lists issued in 13 of 60 electoral constituencies)
III. Presidential Elections
2009 year 65,255 votes = 4.7%
2014 year 109,659 votes = 8.4%
IV. Elections to the European Parliament
2004 year 68,937 votes = 5.7%
2009 year 46,293 votes = 8.4%
2014 year 92,108 votes = 8.1% (votes have doubled, but the turnout was also higher)
We owe the growing number of votes for the Polish minority party candidates, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, to the strategy of Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of EAPL. This success is based on four actions. Firstly, Mr Tomaševski united and integrated Lithuanian Poles under one banner. He explained that strength is the only unity, and people will manage to fight for their rights with their own strength. Secondly, he invited all minorities in Lithuania to political cooperation. He explained that only together they can effectively fight for the rights of minorities, which are common to them. Thirdly, he transformed the minority party, the one of limited electorate, into a Lithuanian general Christian-democratic party with national program.
Until now, there were no such party on the political scene with such a profile, and this is a gesture to the Lithuanians. Actually Lithuanians stand for from the lists of EAPL and vote for the party.
Fourthly, he decided to go out together with the party, in accordance with the adopted strategy, beyond the borders of the Vilnius Region - outside ethnic Polish lands. In the last elections Valdemar Tomaševski's coalition issued their candidates to 13 local self-governments out of 60. A list does not guarantee electoral success, but brings votes for the party. We see that a coherent and consistent thinking of Mr Tomaševski perfectly suits to the realities of the Lithuanian political scene.
Dr Artur Górski
Source: prawy.pl
