2016 Democratic Left Alliance leadership election

2016 Democratic Left Alliance leadership election
16 January 2016 (first round)
23 January 2016 (second round)
 
Candidate Włodzimierz Czarzasty Jerzy Wenderlich
Popular vote 428 305
Percentage 58.39% 41.61%

Leader before election

Leszek Miller

Elected Leader

Włodzimierz Czarzasty

The 2016 Democratic Left Alliance leadership election was held in January 2016 to elect the leader of the Democratic Left Alliance. Włodzimierz Czarzasty was elected as the new leader of the party, defeating Jerzy Wenderlich by a margin of 17%. Following the election, the party began a process of transformation into the New Left party together with Robert Biedroń's Spring.