2018 Polish local elections

2018 Polish regional assembly election
552 seats to voivodeship sejmiks, 6,170 seats to powiat councils, 39,524 seats to gmina councils, 420 seats to Warsaw district councils, and 2,475 wójts/mayors
Turnout	54.90%; 7.5pp
	Result of the voivodeship sejmik elections

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[edit]


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 (%)[edit]

Voivodeship Council
Voivodeship Council	PiS	KO	PSL	SLD	K'15	BS	WwS	Together	RN	The Greens	WiS	Others with seats	Others
Lower Silesia^[1]	28.53	25.77	5.23	5.50	4.78	14.98	1.38	1.61	1.32	1.76	0.86	8.29^[a]	—
Kuyavia-Pomerania^[2]	28.27	34.66	14.31	9.00	5.70	0.64	1.98	1.77	0.54	1.19	1.52	—	0.42^[b]
Lublin^[3]	44.04	18.19	19.30	5.89	6.64	0.42	1.62	0.93	1.32	0.14	0.77	—	0.74^[c]
Lubusz^[4]	25.11	29.92	12.43	9.59	3.22	13.17	0.55	1.72	1.67	2.62	—	—	—
Łódź^[5]	34.88	28.39	13.06	6.32	5.86	3.90	1.38	1.72	1.17	1.34	1.03	—	0.96^[d]
Lesser Poland^[6]	43.55	22.66	10.03	2.87	5.76	3.89	1.80	1.44	0.86	1.02	0.91	—	5.23^[e]
Masovia^[7]	34.04	27.66	13.15	5.46	5.44	6.24	1.51	1.70	1.24	1.38	0.75	—	1.41^[f]
Opole^[8]	25.77	29.45	10.72	5.94	6.06	0.78	1.54	1.51	0.95	0.45	1.07	14.64^[g]	1.13^[h]
Subcarpathian^[9]	52.25	13.44	11.88	5.85	6.62	3.39	1.77	1.08	1.92	0.63	1.16	—	—
Podlaskie^[10]	41.64	24.14	15.66	4.78	5.90	1.20	1.04	1.24	1.36	0.44	0.77	—	1.84^[i]
Pomerania^[11]	27.84	40.70	8.33	6.59	5.24	3.03	2.83	2.21	1.64	1.59	—	—	—
Silesia^[12]	32.11	28.83	5.15	8.31	6.58	4.96	1.43	1.46	1.16	1.39	0.68	—	7.94^[j]
Świętokrzyskie^[13]	38.40	11.79	25.52	6.16	4.90	2.78	1.84	0.77	1.16	0.43	0.76	5.26^[k]	0.22^[l]
Warmia-Masuria^[14]	28.15	30.40	19.64	8.16	6.29	0.79	0.48	2.31	2.65	0.45	—	—	0.70^[m]
Greater Poland^[15]	27.84	29.66	14.52	9.31	5.23	6.08	1.53	1.78	1.26	1.56	1.23	—	—
West Pomerania^[16]	26.80	32.04	9.68	9.08	4.21	13.70	1.94	1.53	0.73	0.30	—	—	—
Poland^[17]	34.13	26.97	12.07	6.62	5.63	5.28	1.59	1.57	1.26	1.15	0.78	1.13	1.81

Seats Distribution[edit]

Voivodeship Council
Voivodeship Council	PiS	KO	PSL	BS	SLD	MN	ZDdDŚ	PŚBW	Total
Lower Silesia	14	13	1	6	—	—	2	—	36
Kuyavia-Pomerania	11	14	4	—	1	—	—	—	30
Lublin	18	7	7	—	1	—	—	—	33
Lubusz	9	11	4	4	2	—	—	—	30
Łódź	17	12	4	—	—	—	—	—	33
Lesser Poland	24	11	4	—	—	—	—	—	39
Masovia	24	18	8	1	—	—	—	—	51
Opole	10	13	2	—	—	5	—	—	30
Subcarpathian	25	5	3	—	—	—	—	—	33
Podlaskie	16	9	5	—	—	—	—	—	30
Pomerania	13	18	2	—	—	—	—	—	33
Silesia	22	20	1	—	2	—	—	—	45
Świętokrzyskie	16	3	9	—	1	—	—	1	30
Warmia-Masuria	11	12	7	—	—	—	—	—	30
Greater Poland	13	15	7	1	3	—	—	—	39
West Pomerania	11	13	2	3	1	—	—	—	30
Poland	254	194	70	15	11	5	2	1	552

Powiat councils[edit]


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
	Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta	15,022	0.14	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	3,878,463	36.64	2,221
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[edit]


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
	Free and Solidary	8,773	0.06	13
	Jarosław Gowin's Agreement	7,027	0.04	13
	The Greens	6,930	0.04	0
	National Movement	2,335	0.01	1
	Right Wing of the Republic	1,799	0.01	9
	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
	Silesians Together	203	0.00	2
	Union of Christian Families	148	0.00	0
	Union of European Democrats	20	0.00	0
	Other and local committees	9,057,310	58.00	28,681
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[edit]


Party or alliance				First round			Second round			Total seats
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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
	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
	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
	Common Lesser Poland		Independents	527	0.00	0				0
	Self-Defence		Self-Defence	371	0.00	0				0
	People's Party "Patrimony" RP		Independents	118	0.00	0				0
	Other and local committees		Civic Platform	908,193	5.62	80	159,424	3.45	23	103
			Polish People's Party	462,144	2.86	108	140,534	3.04	33	141
			Democratic Left Alliance	239,682	1.48	24	71,610	1.55	9	33
			Law and Justice	237,500	1.47	33	86,542	1.88	16	49
			Agreement	55,063	0.34	8	9,943	0.22	1	9
			Modern	37,916	0.23	2	9,002	0.20	1	3
			KORWiN	26,594	0.16	0				0
			Solidary Poland	13,939	0.09	0	11,890	0.26	4	4
			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	4,134	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	8,254,299	51.05	1,226	2,606,904	56.48	431	1,657
		Total		10,301,852	63.72	1486	3,100,006	67.17	520	2006
Total				16,167,844	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[edit]


Party or alliance				Seats
	Polish People's Party		Polish People's Party	286
			Independents	28
		Total		314
	United Right		Law and Justice	197
			Agreement	10
			Solidary Poland	6
			Right Wing of the Republic	2
			Piast Faction	1
			Independents	83
		Total		299
	Platform.Modern Civic Coalition		Civic Platform	128
			Modern	3
			Independents	8
		Total		139
	SLD Left Together		Democratic Left Alliance	38
			Labour Union	2
			Independents	1
		Total		41
	German Minority		Regional. Minority with Majority	3
			Independents	11
		Total		14
	Kukiz'15		Independents	4
	Nonpartisan Local Government Activists		Independents	3
	Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta		Independents	1
	Silesian Regional Party		Independents	1
	Free and Solidary		Independents	1
	Other and local committees		Together	1
			Independents	1,657
		Total		2007
Total				2,475

Source: National Electoral Commission

Notes[edit]

^ 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

References[edit]

^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Dolnośląskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Lubelskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Lubuskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Łódzkiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Małopolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Mazowieckiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Opolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Podkarpackiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Podlaskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Pomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Śląskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Świętokrzyskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Warmińsko-Mazurskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Wielkopolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Zachodnipomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Wybory samorządowe 2018". ewybory.eu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-28.

External links[edit]

[2] With Dutkiewicz for Lower Silesia

[4] Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth

[6] Slavic Union

[9] National Action – 0.54, Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth – 0.42

[11] Common Lesser Poland – 4.48, Spark – 0.59, Lex Naturalis – 0.15

[13] Union of Christian Families – 0.90, Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth – 0.48, Labour Party – 0.03

[15] German Minority

[16] Silesian Regional Party

[19] Outside of the Clique

[22] 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

[24] Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta

[25] Committee of Agnieszka Jędrzejewska

[27] Unity of the Nation – Commonwealth

[1] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Dolnośląskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[3] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[5] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Lubelskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[7] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Lubuskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[8] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Łódzkiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[10] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Małopolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[12] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Mazowieckiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[14] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Opolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[17] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Podkarpackiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[18] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Podlaskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[20] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Pomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[21] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Śląskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[23] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Świętokrzyskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[26] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Warmińsko-Mazurskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[28] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Wielkopolskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[29] "Wybory do Sejmiku Województwa Zachodnipomorskiego". pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[30] "Wybory samorządowe 2018". ewybory.eu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2018-10-28.

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Presidential elections	1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
Parliamentary elections	1919 1922 1928 1930 1935 1938 1947 1952 1957 1961 1965 1969 1972 1976 1980 1985 1989 1991 1993 1997 2001 2005 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Next
Local elections	1916–17 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929 1933–34 1936 1938–39 1954 1958 1961 1965 1969 1973 1976 1980 1984 1988 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2024
European elections	2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Referendums	1946 1987 1996 1997 2003 2015 2023
See also: Elections in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth