# 2002 Gorlice mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo małopolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie.md) / [powiat gorlicki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/powiat-gorlicki.md) / [Gorlice](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice.md), October 27, 2002

Kazimierz Sterkowicz led with 29.8% of the vote, 4.9 points ahead of Józef Marian Abram.

> 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

- Kazimierz Sterkowicz, 29.8% (Advanced)
- Józef Marian Abram, 24.9% (Advanced)
- Marian Janusz, 22.9%

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

- Kazimierz Sterkowicz, 59.0% (Elected)
- Józef Marian Abram, 41.0%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kazimierz Sterkowicz | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 3,038 | 29.8% | Advanced |
| Józef Marian Abram | KWW Małopolski Ruch Samorządowy Ziemi Gorlickiej | 2,537 | 24.9% | Advanced |
| Marian Janusz | KWW Forum Samorządowe - Ziemia Gorlicka | 2,335 | 22.9% |  |
| Roman Franciszek Trojanowicz | KW Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego | 2,281 | 22.4% |  |

Valid votes: 10,191

Turnout: 44.4% (10,558 of 23,766 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Rafał Tomasz Kukla, 71.0%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Rafał Tomasz Kukla, 52.3%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Rafał Tomasz Kukla, 55.9%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Witold Zygmunt Kochan, 53.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/gorlice/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Kazimierz Sterkowicz, 53.5%
- October 27, 2002: Kazimierz Sterkowicz, 59.0%

## 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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