Olsztyn | |
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Polish: Okręg wyborczy Olsztyn | |
Constituency for the National Assembly of the Republic of Poland | |
Counties in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | Ełk, Giżycko, Gołdap, Kętrzyn, Mrągowo, Nidzica, Olecko, Olsztyn, Pisz, Szczytno, and Węgorzewo |
City Counties in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | Olsztyn |
Current constituency | |
Sejm Deputies | 10 |
Sejm District | 35 |
European Parliament constituency | Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian |
Voivodeship sejmik | Warmian-Masurian Regional Assembly |
Olsztyn is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It elects ten members of the Sejm. [1]
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