# 2002 Sokołów Podlaski mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo mazowieckie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie.md) / [powiat sokołowski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/powiat-sokolowski.md) / [Sokołów Podlaski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski.md), October 27, 2002

Bogusław Jan Karakula led with 39.6% of the vote, 25.1 points ahead of Waldemar Witkowski.

> 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

- Bogusław Jan Karakula, 39.6% (Advanced)
- Waldemar Witkowski, 14.5% (Advanced)
- Ewa Rabek, 11.3%

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

- Bogusław Jan Karakula, 67.8% (Elected)
- Waldemar Witkowski, 32.2%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bogusław Jan Karakula | KWW Bogusława Karakuli | 2,750 | 39.6% | Advanced |
| Waldemar Witkowski | KWW Sokołów Ponad Podziałami | 1,005 | 14.5% | Advanced |
| Ewa Rabek | KW Sokołowskie Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne | 785 | 11.3% |  |
| Marek Olędzki | KWW Przeciw Układom | 769 | 11.1% |  |
| Andrzej Szczepan Kublik | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 641 | 9.2% |  |
| Iwona Danuta Sokołowska | KW Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 445 | 6.4% |  |
| Jerzy Stanisław Oleszczuk | KW Towarzystwa Społeczno Samorządowego My | 194 | 2.8% |  |
| Wacław Maksymilian Kruszewski | KWW Sokół | 188 | 2.7% |  |
| Witold Eugeniusz Zembrowski | KW Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego | 172 | 2.5% |  |

Valid votes: 6,949

Turnout: 49.4% (7,123 of 14,423 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Iwona Ewa Kublik, 54.3%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 54.9%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 53.4%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 60.3%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 52.3%
- October 27, 2002: Bogusław Jan Karakula, 67.8%

## 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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