2014 Polish local elections

The 2014 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on November 16, 2014 and second on November 30, 2014.

2014 Polish regional assembly election

16 November 2014

555 seats to regional assemblies
Turnout47.40%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ewa Kopacz Jarosław Kaczyński Janusz Piechociński
Party PO PiS PSL
Leader since 8 November 2014 18 January 2003 17 November 2012
Last election 222 seats, 30.89% 141 seats, 23.05% 93 seats, 16.30%
Seats before 222 141 93
Seats won 179 171 157
Seat change 43 30 64
Percentage 26.29% 26.89% 23.88%
Swing 4.60% 3.84% 7.58%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Leszek Miller Ryszard Galla Jerzy Gorzelik
Party SLD MN RAŚ
Leader since 10 December 2011 25 September 2005 2003
Last election 85 seats, 15.20% 6 seats, 17.77% (in Opole) 3 seats, 8.49% (in Silesia)
Seats before 85 6 3
Seats won 28 7 4
Seat change 57 1 1
Percentage 8.79% 14.90% (in Opole) 7.20% (in Silesia)
Swing 6.41% 2.87% 1.29%

The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections. The local elections were seen as a test to the ruling Civic Platform and Polish People's Party centre-right conservative liberal coalition government under Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, after then Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the President of the European Council.

Background

It was the first election for new PM and Civic Platform's Leader Ewa Kopacz. Also it had been a test for Law and Justice after good results in latest European Parliament elections in Poland.

Results

Voivodeship Councils

Results of the elections to the Voivodship councils
PartyNumber of seats
Civic Platform179
Law and Justice171
Polish People's Party157
Democratic Left Alliance28
Regional Committee13
German Minority (only Opole Voivodeship)7

Coalitions in Voivodeship

VoivodeshipCoalitions
Greater PolandCivic Platform – Polish People's Party
Kuyavian-PomeranianCivic Platform – Polish People's Party
Lesser PolandCivic Platform – Polish People's Party
ŁódżCivic Platform – Polish People's Party
Lower SilesianLower Silesian Club Agreement (Civic Platform – Polish People's Party – Democratic Left Alliance) – Lower Silesian Local Movement
LublinPolish People's Party – Civic Platform
LubuszCivic Platform – Polish People's Party – Democratic Left Alliance
MasovianPolish People's Party – Civic Platform
OpoleCivic Platform – Polish People's Party – German Minority
PodlaskiePolish People's Party – Civic Platform
PomeranianCivic Platform – Polish People's Party
SilesianCivic Platform – Polish People's Party – Silesian Autonomy Movement – Democratic Left Alliance
SubcarpathianLaw and Justice
ŚwiętokrzyskiePolish People's Party – Civic Platform
Warmian-MasurianPolish People's Party – Civic Platform
West PomeranianCivic Platform – Polish People's Party

Parties in each Voivodeship Councils

Sejmik PO PiS PSL SLD MN RAŚ Others Total
dolnośląski 6 9 3 2 Lower Silesian Local Movement 11, Club of Nonpartisians 5 36
kujawsko-pomorski 14 7 10 1 Independent 1 33
lubelski 7 13 12 1 33
lubuski 7 7 7 3 Nonpartisian Self-Governancers 4, Independent 2 30
łódzki 10 12 9 1 Independent 1 33
małopolski 14 17 8 0 39
mazowiecki 15 15 16 1 Right Wing of the Republic 3, Independent 1 51
opolski 9 5 9 0 7 0 30
podkarpacki 4 19 8 0 Independent 2 33
podlaski 8 12 9 1 30
pomorski 17 9 7 0 33
śląski 17 16 5 3 4 45
świętokrzyski 2 8 17 2 Independent 1 30
warmińsko-mazurski 9 6 14 1 30
wielkopolski 14 8 12 3 Independent 2 39
zachodniopomorski 12 6 4 0 Self-Governancers 3, West Pomeranian Local Initiative 3, Independent 2 30
Polska 179 171 157 28 7 4 9 555
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