€108 million claim filed at European Court over Poland’s 2025 presidential election
Two Polish academics are taking their challenge over the 2025 presidential election to the European Court of Human Rights, citing systemic mishandling of citizen protests.
„We have a right to know the true result,” say the authors of a complaint submitted to the European Court of Human Rights over Poland’s 2025 presidential election. Photo: Courtesy of the European Court of Human Rights
“We deserve to know the actual outcome of the vote,” argue the plaintiffs behind the case, Joanna Staniszkis and Krzysztof Kontek, who are demanding €108 million in compensation for what they describe as the Polish state’s failure to respond to tens of thousands of post-election complaints.
They estimate the amount as roughly €1,000 for each of the more than 54,000 citizens who filed formal objections after the runoff.
Polish election dispute heads to human rights court
Dr. Staniszkis – a mathematician and Warsaw city councilor aligned with the ruling Civic Coalition – and Dr. Kontek, a statistical analyst, submitted their complaint to the European Court on July 21.
They claim Poland did not guarantee conditions for “genuine democratic elections,” citing evidence that electoral commissions were staffed by parties that had not fielded a candidate, leading to political bias.
They also raised concerns over the use of an unauthorized tool dubbed the “Matecki app,” which was allegedly used to reject some voters at polling stations on the grounds that they had already voted elsewhere.
“We’re not saying the election was definitively rigged,” the plaintiffs stated, “but as citizens, we have the right to know what the real result was.”
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Source: Gazeta Wyborcza/X/@KrzysztofKontek
