Local elections that were held in Poland in 2014
2014 Polish regional assembly election Turnout 47.40%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jarosław Kaczyński
Ewa Kopacz
Janusz Piechociński
Party
PiS
PO
PSL
Leader since
18 January 2003
8 November 2014
17 November 2012
Last election
141 seats, 23.05%
222 seats, 30.89%
93 seats, 16.30%
Seats before
141
222
93
Seats won
171
179
157
Seat change
30
43
64
Percentage
26.89%
26.29%
23.88%
Swing
3.84%
4.60%
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%
Local elections were held in Poland on 16 November 2014 to elect members for all 16 regional assemblies (sejmik wojewódzki ), 314 county (powiat ) councils,[ a] and 2,479 municipal (gmina ) councils. The second round was held on 30 November 2014 to elect heads of municipalities, mayors and city presidents in places where no candidate obtained more than 50% of the vote.
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 . It was also seen as a test for Law and Justice after their good performance in the European Parliament election earlier in the year.
Voivodeships
Seat allocation in voivodeship councils.
Election results (%)
Voivodeship
Council
PiS
PO
PSL
SLD
NP-JKM
RN
TR
RAŚ
BS
DB
TW
BPZ
MN
LL
Others
Lower Silesia
22.17
32.59
15.90
9.98
3.78
1.40
1.34
—
11.93
0.15
—
—
—
—
0.76
Kuyavia-Pomerania
21.15
32.67
24.33
12.25
3.51
0.96
1.44
—
—
0.12
—
—
—
—
3.55
Lublin
31.88
19.17
32.43
6.94
3.27
2.08
1.02
—
—
0.84
—
—
—
—
2.37
Lubusz
16.91
25.37
22.90
14.85
2.76
1.37
1.06
—
—
0.15
—
—
—
11.94
2.68
Łódź
27.48
26.77
27.04
9.02
3.47
1.31
1.58
—
—
1.20
—
—
—
—
2.12
Lesser Poland
36.71
28.26
20.04
4.74
4.77
1.55
0.94
—
—
0.92
—
—
—
—
2.07
Masovia
28.76
24.06
25.64
7.11
4.18
1.77
0.88
—
—
1.14
—
—
—
—
6.45
Opole
16.79
25.35
21.92
9.48
3.94
0.61
—
2.03
—
0.32
—
—
14.90
—
4.66
Subcarpathian
43.70
15.37
24.39
7.44
3.93
2.30
1.09
—
—
0.22
—
—
—
—
1.55
Podlaskie
33.67
22.46
27.55
6.80
3.66
1.81
0.86
—
—
0.87
—
—
—
—
2.31
Pomeranian
23.40
40.74
17.43
7.78
4.47
1.78
1.56
—
—
1.43
—
—
—
—
1.41
Silesian
25.07
27.21
13.21
10.39
3.98
1.53
0.68
7.20
—
1.23
—
—
—
—
9.49
Świętokrzyskie
24.99
14.10
46.24
8.65
3.37
1.26
—
—
—
0.29
—
—
—
—
1.10
Warmia–Masuria
18.84
26.88
37.09
8.49
3.44
1.68
0.72
—
—
0.75
—
—
—
—
2.10
Greater Poland
19.81
25.73
25.80
11.29
4.04
1.19
1.48
—
—
0.75
7.54
—
—
—
2.35
West Pomeranian
19.29
31.94
20.58
11.82
3.39
1.66
0.35
—
—
0.78
—
9.86
—
—
0.32
Poland
26.89
26.29
23.88
8.79
3.89
1.57
1.00
0.86
0.85
0.81
0.62
0.40
0.35
0.29
3.51
Source: National Electoral Commission [ 1]
Seats distribution
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
Notes
References