# 2002 Nowy Sącz mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo małopolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie.md) / [Nowy Sącz](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz.md), October 27, 2002

Andrzej Czerwiński led with 29.5% of the vote, 12.4 points ahead of Józef Antoni Wiktor.

> 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

- Andrzej Czerwiński, 29.5% (Advanced)
- Józef Antoni Wiktor, 17.1% (Advanced)
- Zofia Maria Pieczkowska, 13.3%

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

- Józef Antoni Wiktor, 54.2% (Elected)
- Andrzej Czerwiński, 45.8%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrzej Czerwiński | KWW Porozumienie Sądeckie | 8,657 | 29.5% | Advanced |
| Józef Antoni Wiktor | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 5,017 | 17.1% | Advanced |
| Zofia Maria Pieczkowska | KWW Dobra Rada | 3,898 | 13.3% |  |
| Jerzy Lesław Gwiżdż | KWW Twoje Miasto | 3,866 | 13.2% |  |
| Bożena Jawor | KWW Komitet Obywatelski Mała Ojczyzna | 3,780 | 12.9% |  |
| Krystyna Aniela Zając | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 1,592 | 5.4% |  |
| Mieczysław Gwiżdż | KW Stowarzyszenia Sądeczanie Razem | 1,134 | 3.9% |  |
| Zofia Pawłowska-Nowak | KW Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 754 | 2.6% |  |
| Janusz Walenty Gumularz | KWW Janusza Gumularza | 626 | 2.1% |  |

Valid votes: 29,324

Turnout: 47.0% (29,873 of 63,625 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Ludomir Paweł Handzel, 52.3%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Ludomir Paweł Handzel, 58.3%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Ryszard Aleksander Nowak, 50.3%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Ryszard Aleksander Nowak, 60.1%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/malopolskie/nowy-sacz/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Ryszard Aleksander Nowak, 50.1%
- October 27, 2002: Józef Antoni Wiktor, 54.2%

## 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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