# 2002 Sokołów Podlaski mayoral election, second round

[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), November 10, 2002

Bogusław Jan Karakula won with 67.8% of the vote, 35.6 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](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2002-10-27-local/mayor.md), October 27, 2002

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

### Second round, 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 | 3,214 | 67.8% | Elected |
| Waldemar Witkowski | KWW Sokołów Ponad Podziałami | 1,527 | 32.2% |  |

Valid votes: 4,741

Turnout: 33.3% (4,814 of 14,437 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 21, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2024-04-21-runoff/mayor.md): Iwona Ewa Kublik, 54.3%
- [November 4, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2018-11-04-runoff/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 54.9%
- [November 30, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2014-11-30-runoff/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 53.4%
- [December 5, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/mazowieckie/sokolow-podlaski/2010-12-05-runoff/mayor.md): Bogusław Jan Karakula, 60.3%
- November 10, 2002: Bogusław Jan Karakula, 67.8%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on November 10, 2002

- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (1,201)

## 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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