2014 Polish local elections

2014 Polish regional assembly election

16 November 2014 (first round) 30 November 2014 (second round)
555 seats to regional assemblies
Turnout	47.40%
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 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
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