# 2002 Gmina Smołdzino mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo pomorskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie.md) / [powiat słupski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/powiat-slupski.md) / [Smołdzino](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino.md), October 27, 2002

Andrzej Kopiniak led with 49.0% of the vote, 26.9 points ahead of Daniel Różalski.

> 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

- Andrzej Kopiniak, 49.0% (Advanced)
- Daniel Różalski, 22.2% (Advanced)
- Tomasz Pietrzak, 21.7%

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

- Andrzej Kopiniak, 65.2% (Elected)
- Daniel Różalski, 34.8%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrzej Kopiniak | KWW dla Dobra Wspólnego | 805 | 49.0% | Advanced |
| Daniel Różalski | KWW Służyć Gminie | 364 | 22.2% | Advanced |
| Tomasz Pietrzak | KWW KW Komitet Obywatelski | 357 | 21.7% |  |
| Czesław Niezgoda | KWW Niezależna Inicjatywa | 116 | 7.1% |  |

Valid votes: 1,642

Turnout: 62.0% (1,671 of 2,697 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Arkadiusz Janusz Walach, 81.9%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Arkadiusz Janusz Walach, 85.0%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Arkadiusz Janusz Walach, 65.8%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Lidia Elżbieta Orłowska-Getler, 56.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/smoldzino/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Andrzej Kopiniak, 52.7%
- October 27, 2002: Andrzej Kopiniak, 65.2%

## 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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