# 2002 Żory mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo śląskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie.md) / [Żory](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory.md), October 27, 2002

Waldemar Andrzej Socha led with 41.09% of the vote, 0.98 points ahead of Janusz Antoni Koper.

> 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

- Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 41.1% (Advanced)
- Janusz Antoni Koper, 40.1% (Advanced)
- Bernard Ryszard Gwoździk, 18.8%

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

- Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 66.4% (Elected)
- Janusz Antoni Koper, 33.6%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Waldemar Andrzej Socha | KWW Żorskie Porozumienie Samorządowe | 6,774 | 41.1% | Advanced |
| Janusz Antoni Koper | KW Żorska Samorządność | 6,612 | 40.1% | Advanced |
| Bernard Ryszard Gwoździk | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 3,098 | 18.8% |  |

Valid votes: 16,484

Turnout: 34.0% (16,886 of 49,713 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 55.0%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 55.0%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 52.9%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 59.3%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 57.2%
- October 27, 2002: Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 66.4%

## 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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