# 2002 Koło mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo wielkopolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie.md) / [powiat kolski](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/powiat-kolski.md) / [Koło](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo.md), October 27, 2002

Florian Olejniczak led with 19.7% of the vote, 2.5 points ahead of Jan Stępiński.

> 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

- Florian Olejniczak, 19.7% (Advanced)
- Jan Stępiński, 17.2% (Advanced)
- Henryk Perzyński, 16.4%

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

- Jan Stępiński, 66.8% (Elected)
- Florian Olejniczak, 33.2%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Florian Olejniczak | Koalicyjny KW Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy | 1,701 | 19.7% | Advanced |
| Jan Stępiński | KWW Nasza Mała Ojczyzna | 1,485 | 17.2% | Advanced |
| Henryk Perzyński | KWW Porozumienie Samorządowo-Ludowe | 1,420 | 16.4% |  |
| Tomasz Jarosław Gajewski | KWW Kolska Koalicja Obywatelska | 1,368 | 15.8% |  |
| Kazimierz Stanisław Gauden | KWW Praworządność-Wiedza-Kompetencje | 1,091 | 12.6% |  |
| Czesława Gutkowska-Kicińska | KW TOWARZYSTWO SAMORZĄDOWE | 1,035 | 12.0% |  |
| Mariusz Kozajda | KW Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Miasta Koła | 547 | 6.3% |  |

Valid votes: 8,647

Turnout: 46.7% (8,956 of 19,166 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Krzysztof Witkowski, 57.8%
- [October 21, 2018](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo/2018-10-21-local/mayor.md): Krzysztof Witkowski, 58.0%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Stanisław Maciaszek, 54.9%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Mieczysław Tomasz Drożdżewski, 76.6%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/kolo/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Mieczysław Tomasz Drożdżewski, 58.1%
- October 27, 2002: Jan Stępiński, 66.8%

## 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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