# 2002 Rzeszów mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podkarpackie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie.md) / [Rzeszów](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow.md), October 27, 2002

Tadeusz Ferenc led with 44.4% of the vote, 20.4 points ahead of Andrzej Szlachta.

> 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

- Tadeusz Ferenc, 44.4% (Advanced)
- Andrzej Szlachta, 24.0% (Advanced)
- Elżbieta Dzierżak, 8.3%

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

- Tadeusz Ferenc, 51.6% (Elected)
- Andrzej Szlachta, 48.4%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tadeusz Ferenc | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 21,383 | 44.4% | Advanced |
| Andrzej Szlachta | KWW Rzeszowskie Porozumienie Prawicy | 11,573 | 24.0% | Advanced |
| Elżbieta Dzierżak | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 4,021 | 8.3% |  |
| Wiesław Walat | KWW Społeczne Forum Rzeszowa | 3,406 | 7.1% |  |
| Jan Walenty Tomaka | Koalicyjny KW Platforma Obywatelska - Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | 3,150 | 6.5% |  |
| Jerzy Maślanka | KWW Nasz Dom - Rzeszów | 2,332 | 4.8% |  |
| Władysław Rusin | KWW do Rady Miasta i na Prezydenta - Władysława Rusina - Rzeszowianie | 1,311 | 2.7% |  |
| Janusz Tadeusz Chara | KW Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 995 | 2.1% |  |

Valid votes: 48,171

Turnout: 40.9% (48,644 of 119,022 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Konrad Rafał Fijołek, 54.9%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Ferenc, 63.8%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Ferenc, 66.3%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Ferenc, 53.2%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podkarpackie/rzeszow/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Ferenc, 76.6%
- October 27, 2002: Tadeusz Ferenc, 51.6%

## 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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