# 2002 Augustów mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podlaskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie.md) / [powiat augustowski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/powiat-augustowski.md) / [Augustów](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow.md), October 27, 2002

Leszek Stanisław Cieślik led with 35.4% of the vote, 9.2 points ahead of Kazimierz Kożuchowski.

> 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

- Leszek Stanisław Cieślik, 35.4% (Advanced)
- Kazimierz Kożuchowski, 26.2% (Advanced)
- Barbara Wierzbicka, 14.9%

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

- Leszek Stanisław Cieślik, 52.4% (Elected)
- Kazimierz Kożuchowski, 47.6%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leszek Stanisław Cieślik | KWW Samorząd Ziemi Augustowskiej | 3,358 | 35.4% | Advanced |
| Kazimierz Kożuchowski | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 2,486 | 26.2% | Advanced |
| Barbara Wierzbicka | KWW Inicjatywa Społeczna Wspólnota Samorządowa | 1,418 | 14.9% |  |
| Wojciech Szymon Krzywiński | KWW Pojezierze Augustowskie | 1,154 | 12.1% |  |
| Zdzisław Józef Wasilewski | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 771 | 8.1% |  |
| Marian Dyczewski | KWW Niezależnych | 312 | 3.3% |  |

Valid votes: 9,499

Turnout: 41.8% (9,653 of 23,089 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Mirosław Karolczuk, 56.0%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Mirosław Karolczuk, 50.8%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Wojciech Walulik, 70.6%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Kazimierz Kożuchowski, 59.4%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/augustow/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Leszek Stanisław Cieślik, 53.9%
- October 27, 2002: Leszek Stanisław Cieślik, 52.4%

## 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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