Kraków City Council

Kraków City Council
Kraków City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Council President	Rafał Komarewicz, Poland 2050
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Law and Justice (15); Civic Coalition (11) Civic Platform (10); Polish Initiative (1); ; Friendly Kraków (9) Democratic Left Alliance (1); Poland 2050 (1); Polish People's Party (1); Independents (6); ; Kraków for Citizens (3); Modern (3); Independent (2);
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[1] 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,[2] 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	2018-2022	Dominik Jaśkowiec
8th	2022-current	Rafał Komarewicz	Poland 2050

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
Friendly Kraków	Łukasz Wantuch	Anna Prokop-Staszecka	Rafał Komarewicz	Adam Migdał Dominik Homa	Jacek Bednarz	Kazimierz Chrzanowski	Sławomir Pietrzyk Lech Kucharski
Kraków for Citizens	Łukasz Maślona		Łukasz Gibała	Jan Pietras	Alicja Szczepańska

Election results

2018

Results of the 2018 election by district.

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2018 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski – Civic Kraków	143,883	43.65	−2.39	23	−1
	Law and Justice	98,305	29.82	−3.33	16	−3
	Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków for Citizens”	41,953	12.73	+8.77	4	+4
	Kukiz'15	13,204	4.01	New	0	New
	Together for Kraków	10,268	3.11	New	0	New
	„Modern Kraków” of Konrad Berkowicz	10,024	3.04	−2.51	0	0
	Nonpartisan Local Government Activists	9,576	2.90	New	0	New
	Prądnik Biały Our District	1,828	0.55	New	0	New
	Our Kraków of Grzegorz Gorczyca	620	0.19	New	0	New
Total		329,661	100.00	–	43	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

2014

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2014 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Law and Justice	75,870	33.15	+6.21	19	+7
	Civic Platform	74,703	32.64	−9.75	18	−6
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	30,660	13.40	−1.26	6	−1
	Kraków Against Olympics	15,403	6.73	New	0	New
	New Right – Kraków	12,692	5.55	+2.67	0	0
	Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków a City for People”	9,073	3.96	New	0	New
	Defense of Rights of Retirees Pensioners Tenants	4,573	2.00	New	0	New
	Committee of Sławomir Ptaszkiewicz – Kraków at 100%	4,481	1.96	New	0	New
	Citizens of Kraków	1,312	0.57	New	0	New
	Libertarian Party	97	0.04	New	0	New
Total		228,864	100.00	–	43	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

2010

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2010 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform	103,370	42.39	+4.56	24	+2
	Law and Justice	65,694	26.94	−1.67	12	−7
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	35,758	14.66	+3.51	7	+5
	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
	Right Together Self-Government Community	4,770	1.96	New	0	New
	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
	Fair Kraków	1,623	0.67	New	0	New
	Young Kraków	1,328	0.54	New	0	New
	Defense of Human Rights	302	0.12	New	0	New
Total		243,873	100.00	–	43	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

2006

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2006 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform	90,331	37.83	+24.10	22	+15
	Law and Justice	68,323	28.61	+11.39	19	+10
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	26,630	11.15	+7.55	2	+2
	SLD+SDPL+PD+UP Left and Democrats	19,217	8.05	−8.82	0	−10
	League of Polish Families	9,724	4.07	−12.05	0	−9
	Lassota	5,445	2.28	−10.13	0	−7
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	1,649	0.69	−3.04	0	0
	Other committees	17,458	7.31		0	0
Total		238,777	100.00	–	43	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

2002

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 2002 election. The number of seats was lowered from 75 to 43.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Law and Justice	33,638	17.22	New	9	New
	Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union	32,945	16.87	−4.01	10	−7
	League of Polish Families	31,485	16.12	New	9	New
	Civic Platform	26,807	13.73	New	7	New
	"Your City" Citizen Committee of Józef Lassota	24,241	12.41	New	7	New
	Kraków Self-Government Platform	12,993	6.65	New	1	New
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	7,284	3.73	New	0	New
	Cross-Party Committee "Friendly Kraków"	7,026	3.60	New	0	New
	Other committees	18,873	9.66		0	0
Total		195,292	100.00	–	43	−32

Source: National Electoral Commission

1998

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1998 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Solidarity Electoral Action	86,929	38.59	New	38	New
	Coalition of Freedom Union, UPR, RIO...	48,860	21.69	New	18	New
	Democratic Left Alliance	47,032	20.88	+6.17	17	−1
	Patriotic Movement Fatherland	16,802	7.46	New	2	New
	Social Alliance: PSL-UP-KPEiR	6,084	2.70	−4.02	0	0
	Other committees	19,557	8.68		0	0
Total		225,264	100.00	–	75	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

1994

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1994 election.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Kraków Coalition „Your City”	40,433	25.19	New	26	New
	Democratic Left Alliance	23,946	14.92	New	18	New
	Self-Governing Kraków	21,353	13.30	New	13	New
	Right Together	15,941	9.93	New	10	New
	Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms	11,377	7.09	New	4	New
	Municipal Agreement for Kraków	7,308	4.55	New	1	New
	Labour Union	6,193	3.86	New	0	New
	Citizens' Agreement „Krakowianie”	5,991	3.73	New	1	New
	Polish People's Party	4,592	2.86	+0.22	0	0
	Polish Association of Tenants	3,668	2.28	New	1	New
	Commonwealth of Societies of District XII	1,613	1.00	New	1	New
	Other committees and independents	16,715	10.41		0	0
	No choice	1,397	0.87		–	–
Total		160,527	100.00	–	75	0

Source: National Electoral Commission

1990

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1990 election.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Kraków Citizens' Committee „Solidarity”	188,963	73.84	73
	Confederation of Independent Poland	16,197	6.33	2
	Electoral Bloc of the Left	11,260	4.40	0
	Polish People's Party	6,750	2.64	0
	Other committees and independents	28,561	11.16	0
	No choice	4,163	1.63	–
Total		255,894	100.00	75

Source: Official Journal of the Kraków Voivodeship

References

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)

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

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