# 2002 Gmina Biała mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo opolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie.md) / [powiat prudnicki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/powiat-prudnicki.md) / [Biała](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala.md), October 27, 2002

Arnold Aleksander Hindera led with 47.9% of the vote, 8.3 points ahead of Henryk Paweł Małek.

> 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

- Arnold Aleksander Hindera, 47.9% (Advanced)
- Henryk Paweł Małek, 39.7% (Advanced)
- Jan Józef Szczurek, 12.4%

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

- Arnold Aleksander Hindera, 53.9% (Elected)
- Henryk Paweł Małek, 46.1%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arnold Aleksander Hindera | KWW Nasza Ziemia | 1,619 | 47.9% | Advanced |
| Henryk Paweł Małek | KW Mniejszość Niemiecka | 1,340 | 39.7% | Advanced |
| Jan Józef Szczurek | KWW Forum Samorządowe Powiatu Prudnickiego | 418 | 12.4% |  |

Valid votes: 3,377

Turnout: 37.7% (3,457 of 9,165 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Edward Józef Plicko, 60.8%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Edward Józef Plicko, 68.4%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Edward Józef Plicko, 50.6%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Arnold Aleksander Hindera, 100.0%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/opolskie/biala/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Arnold Hindera, 54.7%
- October 27, 2002: Arnold Aleksander Hindera, 53.9%

## 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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