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	Unicameral
Leadership
Council President	Dominik Jaśkowiec, Civic Platform
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Law and Justice (16)   Civic Coalition (14)   Friendly Kraków (9)   Kraków for Citizens (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

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.