Kraków City Council

The Kraków City 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.

Kraków City Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Council President
Dominik Jaśkowiec, Civic Platform
Structure
Seats43
Political groups
  •   Law and Justice (16)
  •   Civic Coalition (14)
  •   Friendly Kraków (9)
  •   Kraków for Citizens (3)
  •   Independent (1)
Elections
Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms
Last election
October 21, 2018
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Wielopolski Palace

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

Members of the Kraków City Council
Party 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
Independent Alicja Szczepańska

Election results

2018

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2018 election.[3]

Kraków City Council Elections, 2018
Party Votes Seats
No. % +/− No. +/− %
Committee of Jacek Majchrowski – 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
Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków for Citizens” 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.[4]

Kraków City Council Elections, 2014
Party Votes Seats
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
Committee of Jacek Majchrowski 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
Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków a City for People” 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

References
  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)
  3. "Data". wybory2018.pkw.gov.pl. 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. "Data". samorzad2014.pkw.gov.pl. 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
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