Polish referendum, 2015

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/ blank	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. 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)