Kraków City Council

Kraków City Council
Kraków City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Council President	Dominik Jaśkowiec, Civic Platform
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Civic Kraków (23) Civic Coalition (14); (9); ; Law and Justice (16); (3); Independent (1);
Elections
Voting system	Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms
Last election	October 21, 2018
Next election	2023
Meeting place
	Wielopolski Palace

The Kraków City Council is the governing body of Kraków. The council has forty-three elected members^[2] elected every five years in an election by city voters through a secret ballot. The election of City Council and the local head of government,^[3] which takes place at the same time, is based on legislation introduced on 20 June 2002.

City Council President[]

Council	Term of office	Name
1st	1990-1993	Kazimierz Barczyk	Solidarity Citizens' Committee
1st	1993-1994	Tadeusz Kołaczyk	Solidarity Citizens' Committee
2nd	1994-2002	Stanisław Handzlik	Freedom Union
3rd	1994-2002	Stanisław Handzlik	Freedom Union
4th	2002-2006	Paweł Pytko	Law and Justice
5th	2006-2007	Paweł Klimowicz	Civic Platform
	2007-2009	Małgorzata Radwan-Ballada	Civic Platform
	2009-2010	Józef Pilch	Law and Justice
6th	2010-2018	Bogusław Kośmider	Civic Platform
7th	2010-2018	Bogusław Kośmider
8th	2018-current	Dominik Jaśkowiec

Members of the Kraków City Council[]

	District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	District 6	District 7
Law and Justice	Mariusz Kękuś Adam Kalita	Bolesław Kosior Agata Tatara	Jerzy Zięty Marek Sobieraj	Krzysztof Sułowski Józef Jałocha	Małgorzata Kot Aleksandra Dziedzic	Michał Drewnicki Renata Kucharska Stanisław Zięba	Włodzimierz Pietrus Stanisław Moryc Edward Porębski
Civic Coalition	Dominik Jaśkowiec Małgorzata Jantos Tomasz Daros	Jakub Kosek Grzegorz Stawowy Teodozja Maliszewska	Andrzej Hawranek Iwona Chamielec	Michał Starobrat	Artur Buszek Grażyna Fijałkowska	Wojciech Krzysztonek Łukasz Sęk	Nina Gabryś
	Łukasz Wantuch	Anna Prokop-Staszecka	Rafał Komarewicz	Adam Migdał Dominik Homa	Jacek Bednarz	Kazimierz Chrzanowski	Sławomir Pietrzyk Lech Kucharski
	Łukasz Maślona		Łukasz Gibała	Jan Pietras
Independent					Alicja Szczepańska

Election results[]

2018[]

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2018 election.^[4]

Kraków City Council Elections, 2018
Party		Votes			Seats
Party		No.	%	+/−	No.	+/−	%
	– Civic Kraków	143,883	43.65	2.39	23	1	53.49
	Law and Justice	98,305	29.82	3.33	16	3	37.21
		41,953	12.73	8.77	4	4	9.30

	Kukiz'15	13,204	4.01	New	0	New	0
	Together for Kraków	10,268	3.11	New	0	New	0
	„Modern Kraków” of Konrad Berkowicz	10,024	3.04	2.51	0		0
	Nonpartisan Local Government Activists	9,576	2.90	New	0	New	0
	Prądnik Biały Our District	1,828	0.55	New	0	New	0
	Our Kraków of Grzegorz Gorczyca	620	0.19	New	0	New	0

2014[]

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2014 election.^[5]

Kraków City Council Elections, 2014
Party		Votes			Seats
Party		No.	%	+/−	No.	+/−	%
	Law and Justice	75,870	33.15	6.21	19	7	44.19
	Civic Platform	74,703	32.64	9.75	18	6	41.86
		30,660	13.40	1.26	6	1	13.95

	Kraków Against Olympics	15,403	6.73	New	0	New	0
	New Right – Kraków	12,692	5.55	2.67	0		0
		9,073	3.96	New	0	New	0
	Defense of Rights of Retirees Pensioners Tenants	4,573	2.00	New	0	New	0
	Committee of Sławomir Ptaszkiewicz – Kraków at 100%	4,481	1.96	New	0	New	0
	Citizens of Kraków	1,312	0.57	New	0	New	0
	Libertarian Party	97	0.04	New	0	New	0

2010[]

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2010 election.^[6]

Kraków City Council Elections, 2014
Party		Votes			Seats
Party		No.	%	+/−	No.	+/−	%
	Civic Platform	103,370	42.39	4.56	24	2	55.81
	Law and Justice	65,694	26.94	1.67	12	7	27.91
		35,758	14.66	3.51	7	5	16.28

	Democratic Left Alliance	18,775	7.70	0.35	0		0
	Movement of Voters of Janusz Korwin-Mikke	7,013	2.88	New	0	New	0
	Right Together Self-Government Community	4,770	1.96	New	0	New	0
	Kraków Agreement of Citizens	2,637	1.08	0.60	0		0
	Kraków Initiative Group of Defense of Tenants' Rights	2,603	1.07	New	0	New	0
	Fair Kraków	1,623	0.67	New	0	New	0
	Young Kraków	1,328	0.54	New	0	New	0
	Defense of Human Rights	302	0.12	New	0	New	0

References[]

^ "Radna Alicja Szczepańska odchodzi z klubu radnych Łukasza Gibały". krakow.wyborcza.pl. 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
^ Radni Miasta Krakowa V kadencji. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)
^ Prezydent Miasta Krakowa: Jacek Majchrowski. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)
^ "Data". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
^ "Data". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
^ "Data". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-18.

[1] "Radna Alicja Szczepańska odchodzi z klubu radnych Łukasza Gibały". krakow.wyborcza.pl. 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-11.

[2] Radni Miasta Krakowa V kadencji. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)

[3] Prezydent Miasta Krakowa: Jacek Majchrowski. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)

[4] "Data". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

[5] "Data". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-08.

[6] "Data". wybory2010.pkw.gov.pl. 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-18.

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