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The study’s aim is to analyze the development of the voting attitudes of residents of Zaglebie Dąbrowskie in a comparative to electoral preferences in directly adjacent to Zagłębie communities historically belonging to Upper Silesia. The focus is on the ethnic division of Silesia. In the article author has analyzed the historical experience and the characteristics of electoral preferences of people from Zagłębie, taking into account different historical experiences, social and ethnic backgrounds of the area, charged to the results of the parliamentary elections in the years 2001–2011.