The 2002 Polish local elections were held in two parts. with its first round on October 27 and the second on November 10, 2002. All 16 provincial voivodeship sejmiks

Voivodeship sejmik

A voivodeship sejmik is a provincial-level elected assembly for each of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. Sejmiks are elected to four-year terms, decided during nationwide local elections...

, 314 powiat

Powiat

A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term powiat is most often translated into English as "county", although other terms are also sometimes used...

 county councils, 2,748 gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 municipal councils, and town and city mayors

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 were up for election. The event was the first of its kind to allow direct elections for mayors of municipalities. The local polls followed one year after the decisive victory of the Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance

Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland....

 in the 2001 parliamentary elections

Polish parliamentary election, 2001

Polish parliamentary election in 2001 to Sejm and Senate of Poland were held on the 23rd September. In Sejm elections, 46.29% of citizens cast their votes, 96.01% of those were counted as valid...

, and were seen as a test to the popularity of the Democratic Left Alliance and Polish People's Party coalition government under Prime Minister Leszek Miller

Leszek Miller

Leszek Cezary Miller is a Polish central-left-wing politician, leader of the Democratic Left Alliance , Prime Minister of the government of the Republic of Poland in 2001-2004.-Childhood and youth:...

.

Voivodship councils

	Electoral committee	% of seats	Seats
	Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Formed in 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999. It is currently the third largest opposition party in Poland.... -Labor Union Labour Union (Poland) The Labour Union is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International....  (SLD-UP)	33.69%	189
	Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland , abbreviated to SRP, is an agrarian political party and trade union in Poland led by Andrzej Lepper. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious conservative social policies....  (SRP)	18%	101
	Civic Platform Civic Platform Civic Platform , abbreviated to PO, is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Poland. It has been the major coalition partner in Poland's government since the 2007 general election, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland and Bronisław Komorowski as President... -Law and Justice Law and Justice Law and Justice , abbreviated to PiS, is a right-wing, conservative political party in Poland. With 147 seats in the Sejm and 38 in the Senate, it is the second-largest party in the Polish parliament....  (POPiS POPiS POPiS was an anticipated coalition of Civic Platform and Law and Justice in Polish local elections, 2002 and above all in the Polish parliamentary election, 2005... )*	17.29%	97
	League of Polish Families League of Polish Families The League of Polish Families is a right-wing political party in Poland. It was represented in the Polish parliament, forming part of the cabinet of Jarosław Kaczyński, until the latter dissolved in September 2007....  (LPR)	16.40%	92
	Polish People's Party (PSL)	10.34%	58
	Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action Solidarity Electoral Action was a political party coalition in Poland. Since 1997 its official name has been Akcja Wyborcza Solidarność Prawicy or Solidarity Electoral Action of the Right...  (AWS) and affiliated groups	2.50%	14
	German Minority German Minority (political party) German Minority is a political party of the German minority in Poland, in the mainly Polish part of Silesia. It is the political arm of the Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Opole and Social-Cultural Association of Germans in Silesian Voivodeship German Minority is a political...  (MN)	1.25%	7
	Freedom Union Freedom Union (Poland) The Freedom Union was a liberal democratic party in Poland. It was founded on March 20, 1994 out of the merger of the Democratic Union and the Liberal Democratic Congress . Both of these parties had roots in the Solidarity trade union movement. It represented European democratic and liberal...  (UW)	.53%	3
	Total	100.00%	561

• Civic Platform and Law and Justice stood together in the POPiS alliance in 14 voivodeships
  Voivodeships of Poland
  The voivodeship, or province, called in Polish województwo , has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century....
  
  ; they were elected separately in Masovia
  Masovian Voivodeship
  -Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
  
   and stood on another list in Podkarpacie
  Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
  
  .

External links

• National Electoral Commission - 2002 results