European Parliament elections in Poland 2004-2024: dataset of candidates for MEPs coded by political party, constituency, gender, incumbency, political experience, and electoral list positions

Dataset provides information on 3,215 candidates to the European Parliament (EP) from Poland. It covers five EP elections: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024.Candidates are coded by election year, constituency, electoral committee (national political parties or electoral coalitions of parties), ballot rank, gender, incumbency, electoral success, national political experience (ex-minister, vice-Prime Minister, Prime Minister), viable/unviable list position. Electoral committees are coded by position towards European integration and positions on GAL-TAN and left-right spectrum (based on Chapel Hill Survey) and number of MEPs elected from a committee per constituency.Sources of data: National Electoral Commission, Chapel Hill Survey, European Parliament.Dataset created for a study "Gender Quotas and Women’s Access to Viable List Positions: Evidence from the European Parliament Elections in Poland" (Aleksandra Polak, work in progress).