# 2002 Żagań mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo lubuskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie.md) / [powiat żagański](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/powiat-zaganski.md) / [Żagań](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan.md), October 27, 2002

Sławomir Jan Kowal led with 26.6% of the vote, 2.5 points ahead of Marek Zdzisław Kopta.

> Candidate votes for the gmina as the Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze's candidate file prints them, with valid votes as the file prints them for the gmina. Electors, ballots cast (głosy oddane), and valid votes are as the file prints them for the gmina, and invalid is the ballots cast less the valid votes.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 27, 2002

- Sławomir Jan Kowal, 26.6% (Advanced)
- Marek Zdzisław Kopta, 24.1% (Advanced)
- Wojciech Józef Woropaj, 22.0%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2002-11-10-runoff/mayor.md), November 10, 2002

- Sławomir Jan Kowal, 67.3% (Elected)
- Marek Zdzisław Kopta, 32.7%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sławomir Jan Kowal | KW Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego | 2,136 | 26.6% | Advanced |
| Marek Zdzisław Kopta | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 1,934 | 24.1% | Advanced |
| Wojciech Józef Woropaj | KWW Nasze Miasto - Nasz Powiat | 1,764 | 22.0% |  |
| Jan Sosnowski | KWW Inicjatywa Społeczna Wspólnota Samorządowa | 1,032 | 12.9% |  |
| Maria Małgorzata Hałaburda | KW Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 426 | 5.3% |  |
| Jerzy Bielawski | KWW Prawo i Samorządność | 400 | 5.0% |  |
| Zbigniew Józef Szymkowicz | KWW Praca i Przyszłość | 201 | 2.5% |  |
| Andrzej Chłostowski | KWW Praca Edukacja Zdrowie | 131 | 1.6% |  |

Valid votes: 8,024

Turnout: 37.9% (8,229 of 21,710 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Sławomir Jan Kowal, 61.0%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Mirosław Katarzyniec, 57.6%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Daniel Marchewka, 60.6%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Sławomir Jan Kowal, 63.1%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/lubuskie/zagan/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Sławomir Jan Kowal, 70.7%
- October 27, 2002: Sławomir Jan Kowal, 67.3%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on October 27, 2002

- [Assembly of Masovian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Greater Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Lesser Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Łódź Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Lower Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lublin Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lubusz Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Opole Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Podlaskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Subcarpathian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of West Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (5)
- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (3,895)

## Sources

- [Dane wyborcze: wybory wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast](https://danewyborcze.kbw.gov.pl/), Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze. License: Official public record, no license stated

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