2018 Polish local elections
Local elections that were held in Poland in 2018
2018 Polish regional assembly election Turnout 54.90% 7.5pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jarosław Kaczyński
Grzegorz Schetyna
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Party
PiS
PO
PSL
Leader since
18 January 2003
7 March 2018
7 November 2015
Last election
171 seats, 26.89%
179 seats, 26.29%
157 seats, 23.88%
Seats before
171
179
157
Seats won
254
194
70
Seat change
83
15
87
Percentage
34.13%
26.97%
12.07%
Swing
7.84pp
0.68pp
11.81pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Włodzimierz Czarzasty
Robert Raczyński
Ryszard Galla
Party
SLD
BS
MN
Leader since
23 January 2016
17 March 2017
25 September 2005
Last election
28 seats, 8.79%
4 seats, 0.85% (in Lower Silesia)
7 seats, 14.90% (in Opole)
Seats before
28
4
7
Seats won
11
15
5
Seat change
17
11
2
Percentage
6.62%
5.28%
14.64% (in Opole)
Swing
2.17pp
4.43pp
0.26pp
The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 regional assemblies (sejmik wojewódzki ), 380 county (powiat ) councils, and 2477 municipal (gmina ) councils. There were also direct elections for heads (wójt ) of municipalities and mayors, with a second, run-off round for these offices on November 4.
The local elections were a victory of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS), though the opposition Civic Coalition (PO) maintained control of the majority of cities, including the capital Warsaw .
Voivodeship councils
Seat allocation in voivodeship councils.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Law and Justice 5,267,667 34.13 254 +83 Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 4,162,720 26.97 194 +15 Polish People's Party 1,863,225 12.07 70 −87 SLD Left Together 1,021,016 6.62 11 −17 Kukiz'15 868,332 5.63 0 New Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 814,651 5.28 15 +11 Liberty in Local Governments 245,317 1.59 0 New Together 242,511 1.57 0 New National Movement 194,782 1.26 0 0 The Greens 177,828 1.15 0 New Free and Solidary 119,952 0.78 0 New With Dutkiewicz for Lower Silesia 93,260 0.60 2 New Common Lesser Poland 61,511 0.40 0 New Silesian Regional Party 58,126 0.38 0 New Silesians Together 56,388 0.37 0 New German Minority 52,431 0.34 5 −2 Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta 28,314 0.18 1 New Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth 27,415 0.18 0 New Union of Christian Families 21,595 0.14 0 New Civic Initiative of Tarnogórski Powiat 13,606 0.09 0 New Polish Families Together 13,172 0.09 0 New Outside of the Clique 8,626 0.06 0 New Spark 8,101 0.05 0 New National Action 5,654 0.04 0 New Slavic Union 3,286 0.02 0 0 Lex Naturalis 2,120 0.01 0 New Committee of Agnieszka Jędrzejewska 1,169 0.01 0 New Labour Party 761 0.00 0 New Total 15,433,536 100.00 552 −3 Valid votes 15,433,536 93.28 Invalid/blank votes 1,111,954 6.72 Total votes 16,545,490 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 30,170,012 54.84 Source: National Electoral Commission
Election results (%)
Seats Distribution
Powiat councils
Party Votes % Seats Law and Justice 3,224,062 30.46 2,114 Polish People's Party 1,505,277 14.22 952 Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 1,300,898 12.29 726 SLD Left Together 292,761 2.77 105 Kukiz'15 149,893 1.42 19 Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 90,885 0.86 36 German Minority 48,911 0.46 45 Common Lesser Poland 43,514 0.41 15 Jarosław Gowin's Agreement 22,853 0.22 3 Civic Initiative of Tarnogórski Powiat 15,248 0.14 9 Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta 15,022 0.14 5 First Self-Governance League 10,239 0.10 5 Free and Solidary 5,735 0.05 0 Silesian Regional Party 5,361 0.05 3 National Movement 304 0.00 0 Self-Defence 300 0.00 0 Other and local committees 3,852,976 36.40 2,207 Total 10,584,239 100.00 6,244 Valid votes 10,584,239 94.64 Invalid/blank votes 599,913 5.36 Total votes 11,184,152 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,471,882 54.63 Source: National Electoral Commission
Gmina councils
Party Votes % Seats Law and Justice 3,291,172 21.08 5,808 Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 1,768,898 11.33 1,098 Polish People's Party 682,768 4.37 3,200 SLD Left Together 382,805 2.45 307 Kukiz'15 241,677 1.55 93 Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 79,773 0.51 53 German Minority 25,821 0.17 207 Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta 18,910 0.12 14 Silesian Regional Party 18,233 0.12 11 Liberty in Local Governments 17,207 0.11 3 Civic Initiative of Tarnogórski Powiat 10,370 0.07 12 Free and Solidary 8,773 0.06 13 Jarosław Gowin's Agreement 7,027 0.04 13 The Greens 6,930 0.04 0 Outside of the Clique 4,533 0.03 6 First Self-Governance League 3,131 0.02 3 National Movement 2,335 0.01 1 National Action 1,799 0.01 0 Right Wing of the Republic 1,799 0.01 9 Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth 1,797 0.01 2 Common Lesser Poland 1,601 0.01 3 Self-Defence 1,184 0.01 3 People's Party "Patrimony" RP 1,011 0.01 4 Congress of the New Right 379 0.00 1 Labour Party 345 0.00 0 Democracy and Justice 316 0.00 0 Silesians Together 203 0.00 2 Union of Christian Families 148 0.00 0 Union of European Democrats 20 0.00 0 Patriotic Poland 8 0.00 0 Other and local committees 9,035,011 57.86 28,658 Total 15,615,984 100.00 39,524 Valid votes 15,615,984 97.36 Invalid/blank votes 423,946 2.64 Total votes 16,039,930 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 29,095,469 55.13 Source: National Electoral Commission
Mayors
Party or alliance First round Second round Total seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Law and Justice Law and Justice 1,932,363 11.95 109 630,979 13.67 39 148 Solidary Poland 272,370 1.68 0 7,821 0.17 2 2 Agreement 59,521 0.37 0 13,048 0.28 1 1 Free and Solidary 7,292 0.05 0 0 Right Wing of the Republic 4,232 0.03 0 0 Independents 792,663 4.90 61 277,081 6.00 22 83 Total 3,068,441 18.98 170 928,929 20.13 64 234 Platform.Modern Civic Coalition Civic Platform 1,405,310 8.69 11 269,020 5.83 14 25 Modern 7,555 0.05 0 0 Polish People's Party 695 0.00 0 0 Independents 304,596 1.88 6 58,034 1.26 2 8 Total 1,718,156 10.63 17 327,054 7.09 16 33 Polish People's Party Polish People's Party 424,568 2.63 119 89,855 1.95 26 145 Worthy Life 525 0.00 0 0 Independents 126,793 0.78 20 34,947 0.76 8 28 Total 551,886 3.41 139 124,802 2.70 34 173 SLD Left Together Democratic Left Alliance 191,413 1.18 2 38,315 0.83 3 5 Labour Union 1,560 0.01 0 0 Independents 22,668 0.14 0 4,822 0.10 1 1 Total 215,641 1.33 2 43,137 0.93 4 6 Kukiz'15 Congress of the New Right 6,250 0.04 0 0 Direct Democracy 5,209 0.03 0 0 Real Politics Union 1,272 0.01 0 0 KORWiN 912 0.01 0 0 Law and Justice 328 0.00 0 0 Self-Defence 259 0.00 0 0 Independents 138,594 0.86 2 22,632 0.49 2 4 Total 152,824 0.95 2 22,632 0.49 2 4 Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta Independents 33,242 0.21 0 49,178 1.07 1 1 German Minority Regional. Minority with Majority 4,016 0.02 2 948 0.02 0 2 Independents 28,092 0.17 7 5,516 0.12 4 11 Total 32,108 0.20 9 6,464 0.14 4 13 Liberty in Local Governments KORWiN 11,516 0.07 0 0 Independents 16,694 0.10 0 0 Total 28,210 0.17 0 0 Nonpartisan Local Government Activists Independents 26,850 0.17 1 8,305 0.18 2 3 Silesian Regional Party Silesian Regional Party 8,962 0.06 0 0 Independents 6,984 0.04 0 2,116 0.05 1 1 Total 15,946 0.10 0 2,116 0.05 1 1 Civic Initiative of Tarnogórski Powiat Independents 15,670 0.10 1 1 Free and Solidary Free and Solidary 1,321 0.01 0 0 Law and Justice 223 0.00 0 0 Independents 6,126 0.04 0 1,317 0.03 1 1 Total 7,670 0.05 0 1,317 0.03 1 1 Jarosław Gowin's Agreement Agreement 2,712 0.02 0 1,498 0.03 0 0 Law and Justice 930 0.01 0 0 Independents 3,085 0.02 0 0 Total 6,727 0.04 0 1,498 0.03 0 0 The Greens The Greens 3,487 0.02 0 0 Outside of the Clique Independents 2,842 0.02 0 0 Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth Independents 2,737 0.02 0 0 National Movement National Movement 1,763 0.01 0 0 Right Wing of the Republic Right Wing of the Republic 140 0.00 0 0 Independents 899 0.01 0 0 Total 1,039 0.01 0 0 Congress of the New Right Congress of the New Right 986 0.01 0 0 National Action Independents 713 0.00 0 0 Labour Party Independents 628 0.00 0 0 Common Lesser Poland Independents 527 0.00 0 0 Self-Defence Self-Defence 371 0.00 0 0 Democracy and Justice Independents 348 0.00 0 0 People's Party "Patrimony" RP Independents 118 0.00 0 0 Other and local committees Civic Platform [ n] 934,974 5.78 82 159,424 3.45 23 105 Polish People's Party [ o] 462,748 2.86 108 141,179 3.06 33 141 Law and Justice [ p] 354,416 2.19 60 108,701 2.36 22 82 Democratic Left Alliance 239,682 1.48 24 71,610 1.55 9 33 Agreement [ q] 55,829 0.35 8 10,948 0.24 2 10 Modern 37,916 0.23 2 9,002 0.20 1 3 KORWiN 26,594 0.16 0 0 Solidary Poland [ r] 16,015 0.10 1 11,890 0.26 4 5 Right Wing of the Republic 13,528 0.08 2 2 Labour Union 9,405 0.06 1 2,085 0.05 1 2 Together 8,475 0.05 0 2,072 0.04 1 1 Social Justice Movement 7,271 0.04 0 0 Regional. Minority with Majority 6,644 0.04 1 1 Feminist Initiative 4,913 0.03 0 0 Free and Solidary [ s] 4,563 0.03 0 0 Direct Democracy 3,745 0.02 0 0 Piast Faction 2,235 0.01 1 1 Second Polish Republic 2,117 0.01 0 0 National Movement 1,643 0.01 0 0 Silesians Together 1,034 0.01 0 0 Alliance of Democrats 687 0.00 0 0 Labour Party 628 0.00 0 0 Self-Defence 63 0.00 0 0 Independents 8,083,790 50.00 1,195 2,583,095 55.97 424 1,619 Total 10,278,914 63.58 1485 3,100,006 67.17 520 2005 Total 16,167,845 100.00 1,826 4,615,438 100.00 649 2,475 Valid votes 16,167,844 98.84 4,615,438 99.28 Invalid/blank votes 189,470 1.16 33,706 0.72 Total votes 16,357,314 100.00 4,649,144 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 30,115,896 54.31 9,523,401 48.82 Source: National Electoral Commission
Total elected mayors by alliance and party
Notes
^ With Dutkiewicz for Lower Silesia
^ Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth
^ Slavic Union
^ National Action – 0.54, Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth – 0.42
^ Common Lesser Poland – 4.48, Spark – 0.59, Lex Naturalis – 0.15
^ Union of Christian Families – 0.90, Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth – 0.48, Labour Party – 0.03
^ German Minority
^ Silesian Regional Party
^ Outside of the Clique
^ Silesians Together – 3.23, Silesian Regional Party – 3.10, Civic Initiative of Tarnogórski Powiat – 0.78, Polish Families Together – 0.76, Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth – 0.08
^ Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta
^ Committee of Agnieszka Jędrzejewska
^ Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth
^ Includes 26,781 votes and 2 seats in the first round for supported independents.
^ Includes 604 votes and 0 seats in the first round; 645 votes and 0 seats in the second round for a supported independent.
^ Includes 116,916 votes and 27 seats in the first round; 22,159 votes and 6 seats in the second round for supported independents.
^ Includes 766 votes and 0 seats in the first round; 1,005 votes and 1 seat in the second round for a supported independent.
^ Includes 2,076 votes and 1 seat in the first round for supported independents.
^ Includes 429 votes and 0 seats in the first round for a supported independent.
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