# 2002 Kolno mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo podlaskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie.md) / [powiat kolneński](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/powiat-kolnenski.md) / [Kolno](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno.md), October 27, 2002

Józef Stanisław Szymanowski led with 27.1% of the vote, 2.0 points ahead of Mieczysław Śniadach.

> 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 Stanisław Szymanowski, 27.1% (Advanced)
- Mieczysław Śniadach, 25.1% (Advanced)
- Stanisław Szymańczyk, 22.6%

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

- Mieczysław Śniadach, 60.8% (Elected)
- Józef Stanisław Szymanowski, 39.2%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Józef Stanisław Szymanowski | KWW Nasze Miasto - Kolno | 1,085 | 27.1% | Advanced |
| Mieczysław Śniadach | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 1,005 | 25.1% | Advanced |
| Stanisław Szymańczyk | KWW Kolneńskie Porozumienie Prawicy | 903 | 22.6% |  |
| Hanna Wszeborowska-Wyrwas | KWW Nasze Podlasie | 720 | 18.0% |  |
| Leszek Kmieć | KWW Kolniacy | 290 | 7.2% |  |

Valid votes: 4,003

Turnout: 50.4% (4,147 of 8,222 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Duda, 75.7%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Duda, 85.1%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Duda, 86.1%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Duda, 83.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/kolno/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Duda, 58.1%
- October 27, 2002: Mieczysław Śniadach, 60.8%

## 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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