# 2002 Chojnice mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo pomorskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie.md) / [powiat chojnicki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/powiat-chojnicki.md) / [Chojnice](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice.md), October 27, 2002

Arseniusz Finster won with 76.7% of the vote, 60.4 points ahead of Andrzej Jan Górnowicz.

> 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.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arseniusz Finster | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 9,865 | 76.7% | Elected |
| Andrzej Jan Górnowicz | KWW Wyborcze Forum Samorządowe | 2,096 | 16.3% |  |
| Maciej Walkowski | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 899 | 7.0% |  |

Valid votes: 12,860

Turnout: 42.4% (13,056 of 30,763 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Arseniusz Jerzy Finster, 69.2%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Arseniusz Jerzy Finster, 65.5%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Arseniusz Jerzy Finster, 69.6%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Arseniusz Jerzy Finster, 84.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/chojnice/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Arseniusz Jerzy Finster, 82.8%
- October 27, 2002: Arseniusz Finster, 76.7%

## 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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