# 2002 Gmina Bircza mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podkarpackie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie.md) / [powiat przemyski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/powiat-przemyski.md) / [Bircza](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza.md), October 27, 2002

Józef Zbigniew Żydownik led with 44.3% of the vote, 6.8 points ahead of Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz.

> 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

- Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 44.3% (Advanced)
- Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 37.5% (Advanced)
- Wiesław Zbigniew Krajewski, 11.2%

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

- Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 52.3% (Elected)
- Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 47.7%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Józef Zbigniew Żydownik | KWW Gwarancja na Lepsze | 1,448 | 44.3% | Advanced |
| Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz | KWW Samorządna Gmina | 1,226 | 37.5% | Advanced |
| Wiesław Zbigniew Krajewski | KWW Zmieńmy To Razem | 365 | 11.2% |  |
| Urszula Kopczak | KWW Sprawiedliwość | 230 | 7.0% |  |

Valid votes: 3,269

Turnout: 65.7% (3,342 of 5,088 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Anna Szymaszek, 51.1%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Grzegorz Jan Gągola, 58.0%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Grzegorz Jan Gągola, 63.7%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 55.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/bircza/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Józef Zbigniew Żydownik, 50.4%
- October 27, 2002: Jerzy Zenon Góralewicz, 52.3%

## 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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