2014 Polish local elections

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2014 Polish regional assembly election

← 2010 16 November 2014 and 30 November 2014 2018 →

555 seats to regional assemblies
Turnout47.40%
  First party Second party Third party
  Premier E.Kopacz (2014).jpg 01 Jarosław Kaczyński.jpg Janusz Piechociński Sejm 2014.JPG
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 Decrease 43 Increase 30 Increase 64
Percentage 26.29% 26.89% 23.88%
Swing Decrease 4.60% Decrease 3.84% Increase 7.58%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Leszek Miller Sejm 2014 01.JPG Ryszard Galla Sejm 2016.JPG Jerzy Gorzelik.JPG
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 Decrease 57 Increase 1 Increase 1
Percentage 8.79% 14.90% (in Opole) 7.20% (in Silesia)
Swing Decrease 6.41% Decrease 2.87% Decrease 1.29%

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

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
Party Number of seats
Civic Platform 179
Law and Justice 171
Polish People's Party 157
Democratic Left Alliance 28
Regional Committee 13
German Minority (only Opole Voivodeship) 7

Coalitions in Voivodeship[]

Voivodeship Coalitions
Greater Poland Civic Platform – Polish People's Party
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Civic Platform – Polish People's Party
Lesser Poland Civic Platform – Polish People's Party
Łódż Civic Platform – Polish People's Party
Lower Silesian Lower Silesian Club Agreement (Civic Platform – Polish People's Party – Democratic Left Alliance) – Lower Silesian Local Movement
Lublin Polish People's Party – Civic Platform
Lubusz Civic Platform – Polish People's Party – Democratic Left Alliance
Masovian Polish People's Party – Civic Platform
Opole Civic Platform – Polish People's Party – German Minority
Podlaskie Polish People's Party – Civic Platform
Pomeranian Civic Platform – Polish People's Party
Silesian Civic Platform – Polish People's Party – Silesian Autonomy Movement – Democratic Left Alliance
Subcarpathian Law and Justice
Świętokrzyskie Polish People's Party – Civic Platform
Warmian-Masurian Polish People's Party – Civic Platform
West Pomeranian Civic Platform – Polish People's Party

Parties in each Voivodeship Councils[]

Sejmik PO PiS PSL SLD MN RAŚ Others Total
6 9 3 2 ��� Lower Silesian Local Movement 11, Club of Nonpartisians 5 36
14 7 10 1 Independent 1 33
7 13 12 1 33
7 7 7 3 Nonpartisian Self-Governancers 4, Independent 2 30
10 12 9 1 Independent 1 33
14 17 8 0 39
15 15 16 1 Right Wing of the Republic 3, Independent 1 51
9 5 9 0 7 0 30
4 19 8 0 Independent 2 33
8 12 9 1 30
17 9 7 0 33
17 16 5 3 4 45
2 8 17 2 Independent 1 30
9 6 14 1 30
14 8 12 3 Independent 2 39
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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