# 2002 Żory mayoral election, second round

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo śląskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie.md) / [Żory](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory.md), November 10, 2002

Waldemar Andrzej Socha won with 66.4% of the vote, 32.8 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](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2002-10-27-local/mayor.md), October 27, 2002

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

### Second round, 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 | 9,879 | 66.4% | Elected |
| Janusz Antoni Koper | KW Żorska Samorządność | 5,001 | 33.6% |  |

Valid votes: 14,880

Turnout: 30.2% (15,015 of 49,736 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 4, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2018-11-04-runoff/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 55.0%
- [November 30, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2014-11-30-runoff/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 52.9%
- [November 26, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2006-11-26-runoff/mayor.md): Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 57.2%
- November 10, 2002: Waldemar Andrzej Socha, 66.4%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on November 10, 2002

- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2002-10-27-local.md) (1,201)

## Sources

- [Dane wyborcze: wybory wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast](https://danewyborcze.kbw.gov.pl/), Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze. License: Official public record, no license stated

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2002-11-10-runoff/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/pl/slaskie/zory/2002-11-10-runoff/mayor.json.