# 2002 Gmina Suwałki 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) / [Suwałki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski.md), October 27, 2002

Jacek Kazimierz Gościński led with 26.3% of the vote, 4.9 points ahead of Tadeusz Chołko.

> 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

- Jacek Kazimierz Gościński, 26.3% (Advanced)
- Tadeusz Chołko, 21.4% (Advanced)
- Bogdan Boguszewski, 17.0%

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

- Tadeusz Chołko, 65.4% (Elected)
- Jacek Kazimierz Gościński, 34.6%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacek Kazimierz Gościński | KWW Nasza Wieś | 606 | 26.3% | Advanced |
| Tadeusz Chołko | KWW Samorządność | 493 | 21.4% | Advanced |
| Bogdan Boguszewski | KWW Nowa Gmina | 392 | 17.0% |  |
| Anna Walulik | KWW Razem | 357 | 15.5% |  |
| Eugeniusz Narkiewicz | KWW Forum Demokracji Wiejskiej | 192 | 8.3% |  |
| Eugenia Żukowska | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 141 | 6.1% |  |
| Stanisław Zalewski | KWW Nasza Gmina - Suwałki | 125 | 5.4% |  |

Valid votes: 2,306

Turnout: 48.9% (2,360 of 4,831 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Zbigniew Mackiewicz, 83.5%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Zbigniew Mackiewicz, 62.1%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Chołko, 57.7%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Chołko, 65.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/podlaskie/suwalki-suwalski/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Tadeusz Chołko, 85.2%
- October 27, 2002: Tadeusz Chołko, 65.4%

## 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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