# 2002 Sopot mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo pomorskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie.md) / [Sopot](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot.md), October 27, 2002

Jacek Karnowski won with 56.3% of the vote, 39.8 points ahead of Bogdan Lamparski.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacek Karnowski | KWW Samorządność Sopot | 8,872 | 56.3% | Elected |
| Bogdan Lamparski | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 2,605 | 16.5% |  |
| Ryszard Świątkowski | KWW Lecha Kaczyńskiego w Sopocie | 1,782 | 11.3% |  |
| Piotr Jerzy Meler | KW Liga Polskich Rodzin | 1,039 | 6.6% |  |
| Piotr Bagiński | KWW Unia dla Sopotu | 899 | 5.7% |  |
| Marek Włodzimierz Śmiechowski | KWW Niezależne Forum Sopotu | 550 | 3.5% |  |

Valid votes: 15,747

Turnout: 46.9% (15,930 of 33,975 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Magdalena Zofia Czarzyńska-Jachim, 59.3%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Jacek Krzysztof Karnowski, 59.2%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Karnowski Jacek Krzysztof, 53.4%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Jacek Krzysztof Karnowski, 51.4%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/pomorskie/sopot/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Jacek Krzysztof Karnowski, 63.5%
- October 27, 2002: Jacek Karnowski, 56.3%

## 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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