# 2018 Gmina Niedźwiedź mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo małopolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie.md) / [powiat limanowski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/powiat-limanowski.md) / [Niedźwiedź](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz.md), October 21, 2018

Rafał Rusnak led with 41.1% of the vote, 8.8 points ahead of Tomasz Zawirski.

> 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. Polling-district (obwód głosowania) figures are as the Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze's polling-district file prints them, and the gmina's electors and ballots are their sums; ballots are those taken from the ballot box, and invalid is the ballots less the valid votes. Polling districts are described by addresses, not mapped, so they have no area.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 21, 2018

- Rafał Rusnak, 41.1% (Advanced)
- Tomasz Zawirski, 32.3% (Advanced)
- Edward Krzysztofiak, 19.2%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-11-04-runoff/mayor.md), November 4, 2018

- Rafał Rusnak, 62.1% (Elected)
- Tomasz Zawirski, 37.9%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rafał Rusnak | KOMITET WYBORCZY PRAWO I SPRAWIEDLIWOŚĆ | 2,346 | 41.1% | Advanced |
| Tomasz Zawirski | KOMITET WYBORCZY WYBORCÓW PRZYJAZNA GMINA | 1,846 | 32.3% | Advanced |
| Edward Krzysztofiak | KOMITET WYBORCZY WYBORCÓW GORCZAŃSKA ZGODA | 1,096 | 19.2% |  |
| Renata Józefa Sobecka | KOMITET WYBORCZY POLSKIE STRONNICTWO LUDOWE | 426 | 7.5% |  |

Valid votes: 5,714

Turnout: 51.9% (5,760 of 11,092 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Rafał Rusnak, 73.8%
- October 21, 2018: Rafał Rusnak, 62.1%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Janusz Piotr Potaczek, 51.6%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Janusz Piotr Potaczek, 71.3%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Janusz Piotr Potaczek, 93.9%
- [October 27, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2002-10-27-local/mayor.md): Janusz Piotr Potaczek, 82.3%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on October 21, 2018

- [Assembly of Masovian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Greater Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Lesser Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Łódź Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lower Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lublin Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lubusz Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Opole Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Subcarpathian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of West Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Podlaskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (4)
- [Assembly of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (4)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local.md) (15)
- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (37,294)

## Sources

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

## On the ballot in Niedźwiedź

- 2018 Gmina Niedźwiedź mayoral election
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 1](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/1.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 10](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/10.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 11](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/11.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 12](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/12.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 13](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/13.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 14](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/14.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 15](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/15.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 2](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/2.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 3](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/3.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 4](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/4.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 5](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/5.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 6](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/6.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 7](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/7.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 8](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/8.md)
- [Gmina Niedźwiedź council, constituency 9](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/niedzwiedz/2018-10-21-local/council/9.md)

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