2021 New Left leadership elections
9 October 2021
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The 2021 New Left leadership elections were held on 9 October 2021 at the New Left Unification Congress in Warsaw to elect the leader of the party. Robert Biedroń and Włodzimierz Czarzasty were elected as party co-leaders and served their terms for the next 4 years.
Background
The elections took place during the New Left's Unification Congress. The two parties formally coordinated in The Left alliance since 2019, and the Unification Congress completed the process of unification between the two parties.[1]
Procedure
The term of the party leadership lasts 4 years.[2] The leadership elections took place on 9 October 2021 at the 2025 New Left Unification Congress in Warsaw.[3] Delegates for the party's two internal factions — the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) and Spring — elected leaders for their faction, which would also serve as the party's co-leaders.[4] These were the only leadership elections in the New Left where the faction system was used — for the next election, the faction system was abolished alongside the co-leadership system, with Włodzimierz Czarzasty becoming the party's sole leader.[5]
Elections
Both factions re-elected their incumbent leaders, Robert Biedroń and Włodzimierz Czarzasty. However, Czarzasty faced a challenge from Piotr Rączkowski, a minor SLD politician, who entered the race to protest the "undemocratic" way in which the New Left party was founded. Despite remaining on the ballot, Rączkowski was removed from the conference by security with the pretext that he was not a delegate to the Congress, despite being a member of the SLD.[6]
Results
Party co-leaders
| Democratic Left Alliance faction | Spring faction | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Vote | % | Candidate | Vote | % | ||||
| Włodzimierz Czarzasty | 887 | 85.37 | Robert Biedroń | 936 | 100.00 | ||||
| Piotr Rączkowski | 152 | 14.63 | |||||||
| Total | 1,039 | 100.00 | 936 | 100.00 | |||||
| Source: New Left[3] | |||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "Włodzimierz Czarzasty i Robert Biedroń współprzewodniczącymi Nowej Lewicy". TVN. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ Statut, retrieved 2025-12-21
- ^ a b "Łączy nas Polska" – Kongres Zjednoczeniowy Nowej Lewicy, 9 October 2021, retrieved 2026-01-09
- ^ Bruszewski, Grzegorz (9 October 2021). "Nowa Lewica wybrała 14 wiceprzewodniczących. Wśród nich m.in. Gawkowski, Dyduch i Scheuring-Wielgus". Polish Press Agency. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ "Nowa Lewica zdecydowała. Włodzimierz Czarzasty szefem partii. "Dziś rozpoczynamy kampanię"". Onet. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ^ Czuma, Beata (10 October 2021). "Zamieszanie na Lewicy. Rywal Czarzastego wypchnięty z kongresu [ZOBACZ FILM]". Fakt. Retrieved 2026-01-09.