# 2002 Gmina Panki mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo śląskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie.md) / [powiat kłobucki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/powiat-klobucki.md) / [Panki](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki.md), October 27, 2002

Zbigniew Wydmuch led with 49.0% of the vote, 21.3 points ahead of Piotr Mach.

> 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

- Zbigniew Wydmuch, 49.0% (Advanced)
- Piotr Mach, 27.7% (Advanced)
- Stanisław Jan Kierat, 12.4%

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

- Zbigniew Wydmuch, 69.5% (Elected)
- Piotr Mach, 30.5%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zbigniew Wydmuch | KWW Samorządność w Gminie Panki | 957 | 49.0% | Advanced |
| Piotr Mach | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 541 | 27.7% | Advanced |
| Stanisław Jan Kierat | KW Polskiego Stronnictwa Ludowego | 242 | 12.4% |  |
| Krzysztof Grajcar | KWW Lepsze Jutro | 215 | 11.0% |  |

Valid votes: 1,955

Turnout: 52.2% (1,982 of 3,795 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Katarzyna Maria Gierak, 50.7%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Urszula Zofia Bujak, 64.8%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Bogdan Praski, 52.1%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Bogdan Praski, 52.6%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/panki/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Zbigniew Wydmuch, 55.8%
- October 27, 2002: Zbigniew Wydmuch, 69.5%

## 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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