Local elections in Poland

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Local elections in Poland consist of elections to local assemblies and elections of municipality, town and city mayors. Elections are ruled by the prime minister and are held together between 3 and 4 months before the end of the five year term of local assemblies. [1] The last local elections took place in April 2024.

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Results

Voivodship councils

Only includes parties with obtained seats.

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Lech and Maria Kaczyński
Electoral committee 2002 [2] [3] 2006 [4] [5] 2010 [6] 2014 [7] 2018 [8]
Democratic Left Alliance 24.65%
189
[lower-alpha 1]
14.25%
66 [lower-alpha 2]
15.2%
85
8.79%
28
6.62%
11
Civic Platform 16.55%
100 [lower-alpha 3]
27.18%
186
30.89%
222
26.29%
179
26.97%
194 [lower-alpha 4]
Law and Justice 25.08%
170
23.05%
141
26.89%
171
34.13%
254
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 15.98%
101
5.64%
37
League of Polish Families 14.36%
92
4.74%
11
Polish People's Party 10.81%
58
13.24%
83
16.30%
93
23.88%
157
12.07%
70
Freedom Union 2.29%
3
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 0.85%
4
5.28%
15
regionalists (with seats)2.60%
17 [lower-alpha 5]
0.66%
8 [lower-alpha 6]
3.69%
20 [lower-alpha 7]
2.48%
16 [lower-alpha 8]
1.13%
8 [lower-alpha 9]

Notes

  1. in alliance with Labour Union
  2. as part of Left and Democrats
  3. includes parties running separately in the Masovian Voivodeship (respectively 5 seats for PO and 10 for PiS), as well as the regional list in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  4. together with Modern
  5. German Minority Electoral Committee - 7, Lesser Poland Association - 5, Silesian Voivodeship Local Government Association - 4
  6. German Minority Electoral Committee - 7, Local Government Agreement - 1
  7. Rafał Dutkiewicz Committee - 9, German Minority Electoral Committee - 6, Silesian Autonomy Movement - 3, National Local Government Association - 1, Local Government Agreement - 1
  8. German Minority Electoral Committee - 7, Silesian Autonomy Movement - 4, Better Lubuskie - 2, Greater Poland Now - 2, Nonpartisans West Pomerania - 1
  9. German Minority Electoral Committee - 5, With Dutkiewicz for Lower Silesia - 2, Bogdan Wenta's Świętokrzyskie Project - 1

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