2018 Polish local elections

The 2018 Polish local elections were held on October 21 for all 16 provincial (voivodeship, województwo) assemblies, 380 county (powiat) councils, and 2477 commune (gmina) councils. There were also direct elections for commune heads (mayors and city presidents), with a second, run-off round for these offices on November 4.

2018 Polish regional assembly election
21 October 2018 (first round)
4 November 2018 (second round)
555 seats to provincial assemblies, 6,244 seats to county councils, 32,173 seats to commune councils, and 3,162 local government heads
Turnout54.90%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jarosław Kaczyński Grzegorz Schetyna Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Party PiS KO 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 Increase 83 Increase 15 Decrease 87
Percentage 34.13% 26.97% 12.07%
Swing Increase 7.84% Increase 0.68% Decrease 11.81%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Robert Raczyński Włodzimierz Czarzasty Ryszard Galla
Party BS SLD MN
Leader since 17 March 2017 23 January 2016 25 September 2005
Last election 4 seats, 0.85% (in Lower Silesia) 28 seats, 8.79% 7 seats, 14.90% (in Opole)
Seats before 4 28 7
Seats won 15 11 5
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 17 Decrease 2
Percentage 5.28% 6.62% 14.64% (in Opole)
Swing Increase 4.43% Decrease 2.17% Decrease 0.26%

The local elections were a victory of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS), though the opposition Civic Coalition (KO) maintained control of the majority of cities, including the capital Warsaw.

National
Summary of the 21 October 2018 Regional assemblies election results[1]
Party/Coalition % ± Seats ±
Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) 34.13 Increase7.25
254 / 552
 Increase83
Platform.Modern Civic Coalition (Platforma.Nowoczesna Koalicja Obywatelska, KO) 26.97 Increase0.68
194 / 552
 Increase15
Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL) 12.07 Decrease11.81
70 / 552
 Decrease87
SLD Left Together (SLD Lewica Razem, SLD) 6.62 Decrease2.17
11 / 552
 Decrease17
Kukiz'15 (Kukiz'15, K'15) 5.63 New
0 / 552
 Steady0
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists (Bezpartyjni Samorządowcy, BS) 5.28 Increase 4.43[lower-alpha 1]
15 / 552
 Increase11

Notes:

  1. Previously only participated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Regional assemblies (%)
PiS
 
 34.13%
KO
 
 26.97%
PSL
 
 12.07%
SLD
 
 6.62%
K'15
 
 5.63%
BS
 
 5.28%
Others
 
 9.3%
Regional assemblies
PiS
 
 254
KO
 
 194
PSL
 
 70
BS
 
 15
SLD
 
 11
Kukiz'15
 
 0
Others
 
 8

Voivodeship councils

Election results (%)
Voivodeship

Council
PiS KO PSL SLD K'15 BS Liberty Razem RN The Greens Regional committees Other
Lower Silesia[2] 28,53 25,77 5,23 5,50 4,78 14,98 1,38 1,61 1,32 1,76 8,291 0,86
Kuyavia-Pomerania[3] 28,27 34,66 14,31 9,00 5,70 0,64 1,98 1,77 0,54 1,19 — 1,94
Lublin[4] 44,04 18,19 19,30 5,89 6,64 0,42 1,62 0,93 1,32 0,14 — 1,51
Lubusz[5] 25,11 29,92 12,43 9,59 3,22 13,17 0,55 1,72 1,67 2,62 — —
Łódź[6] 34,88 28,39 13,06 6,32 5,86 3,90 1,38 1,72 1,17 1,34 — 1,98
Lesser Poland[7] 43,55 22,66 10,03 2,87 5,76 3,89 1,80 1,44 0,86 1,02 — 6,14
Masovia[8] 34,04 27,66 13,15 5,46 5,44 6,24 1,51 1,70 1,24 1,38 — 2,16
Opole[9] 25,77 29,45 10,72 5,94 6,06 0,78 1,54 1,51 0,95 0,45 14,642 2,19
Subcarpathian[10] 52,25 13,44 11,88 5,85 6,62 3,39 1,77 1,08 1,92 0,63 — 1,16
Podlaskie[11] 41,64 24,14 15,66 4,78 5,90 1,20 1,04 1,24 1,36 0,44 — 2,60
Pomerania[12] 27,84 40,70 8,33 6,59 5,24 3,03 2,83 2,21 1,64 1,59 — —
Silesia[13] 32,11 28,83 5,15 8,31 6,58 4,96 1,43 1,46 1,16 1,39 — 8,62
Świętokrzyskie[14] 38,40 11,79 25,52 6,16 4,90 2,78 1,84 0,77 1,16 0,43 5,263 0,98
Warmia-Masuria[15] 28,15 30,40 19,64 8,16 6,29 0,79 0,48 2,31 2,65 0,45 — 0,70
Greater Poland[16] 27,84 29,66 14,52 9,31 5,23 6,08 1,53 1,78 1,26 1,56 — 1,23
West Pomerania[17] 26,80 32,04 9,68 9,08 4,21 13,70 1,94 1,53 0,73 0,30 — —
Poland[18] 34,13 26,97 12,07 6,62 5,63 5,28 1,59 1,57 1,26 1,15 1,13 2,60

Seats Distribution
Voivodeship Council
PiS KO PSL BS SLD MN ZDdDŚ PŚ BW All
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

County councils
Voting for county councils - summary results on a national scale
Election committee  % votes[19] Number of seat[20]
Law and Justice 30,46 2114
Polish People's Party 14,22 952
Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 12,29 726
SLD Left Together 2,77 105
German Minority 45
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 0,86 36
Kukiz'15 1,42 19
Świętokrzyskie Project of Bogdan Wenta 5
Agreement 3
Silesian Regional Party 3
Committees of associations
and social organizations		 397
Other (KWW) 1839

Municipal councils
Voting for municipal councils - summary results of nationwide committees on a national scale
Election committee Municipal councils above 20 000 inhabitants Municipal councils under 20 000 inhabitants
 % votes[19] Number of seats[19]  % votes[19] Number of seats[20]
Law and Justice 25,20 1877 15,72 3931
Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 19,41 932 0,80 166
Polish People's Party 1,19 123 8,52 3077
SLD Left Together 3,70 107 0,82 200
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists 0,80 22 0,13 31
Kukiz'15 2,37 18 0,48 75
Liberty in Local Governments 0,18 – 0,02 3
National Movement 0,01 – 0,02 1
Number of elected officials according to electoral committees[20]
Election committee Presidents

(big cities)

 Mayors

(small cities)

 Wójts

(other)

Platform.Modern Civic Coalition 19 11 3
Law and Justice 4 62 168
SLD Left Together 2 3 1
Polish People's Party 1 34 138
Kukiz'15 1 – 3
German Minority – 4 9
Nonpartisan Local Government Activists – 2 1
Silesian Regional Party – – 1
Free and Solidary – – 1
Other 80 706 1221

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