# 2002 Gmina Bakałarzewo mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podlaskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie.md) / [powiat suwalski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/powiat-suwalski.md) / [Bakałarzewo](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo.md), October 27, 2002

Stanisław Sówka led with 30.6% of the vote, 1.5 points ahead of Adam Szymański.

> 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

- Stanisław Sówka, 30.6% (Advanced)
- Adam Szymański, 29.1% (Advanced)
- Czesław Staniszewski, 25.9%

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

- Adam Szymański, 53.1% (Elected)
- Stanisław Sówka, 46.9%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stanisław Sówka | KWW Bakałarz | 404 | 30.6% | Advanced |
| Adam Szymański | KWW Forum Demokracji Wiejskiej | 384 | 29.1% | Advanced |
| Czesław Staniszewski | KWW Bakałarzewo - Samorządni | 342 | 25.9% |  |
| Bożena Wasilewska | KWW Wieś Razem | 115 | 8.7% |  |
| Tadeusz Sadowski | KW Samoobrona Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 75 | 5.7% |  |

Valid votes: 1,320

Turnout: 57.9% (1,349 of 2,329 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Tomasz Naruszewicz, 80.0%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Tomasz Naruszewicz, 80.6%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Tomasz Naruszewicz, 52.1%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Adam Szymański, 54.8%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/bakalarzewo/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Adam Szymański, 53.8%
- October 27, 2002: Adam Szymański, 53.1%

## 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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