# 2018 Kościan mayoral election

[Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl.md) / [województwo wielkopolskie](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie.md) / [powiat kościański](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/powiat-koscianski.md) / [Kościan](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian.md), October 21, 2018

Piotr Andrzej Ruszkiewicz led with 48.9% of the vote, 28.7 points ahead of Sławomir Marek Kaczmarek.

> 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. Polling-district (obwód głosowania) figures are as the Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze's polling-district file prints them, and the gmina's electors and ballots are their sums; ballots are those taken from the ballot box, and invalid is the ballots less the valid votes. Polling districts are described by addresses, not mapped, so they have no area.

## Rounds

### Round 1, October 21, 2018

- Piotr Andrzej Ruszkiewicz, 48.9% (Advanced)
- Sławomir Marek Kaczmarek, 20.2% (Advanced)
- Gabriela Izabela Andrzejewska, 14.6%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-11-04-runoff/mayor.md), November 4, 2018

- Piotr Andrzej Ruszkiewicz, 70.3% (Elected)
- Sławomir Marek Kaczmarek, 29.7%

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Piotr Andrzej Ruszkiewicz | KOMITET WYBORCZY „POROZUMIENIE ZIEMIA KOŚCIAŃSKA” | 10,196 | 48.9% | Advanced |
| Sławomir Marek Kaczmarek | KOALICYJNY KOMITET WYBORCZY PLATFORMA.NOWOCZESNA KOALICJA OBYWATELSKA | 4,206 | 20.2% | Advanced |
| Gabriela Izabela Andrzejewska | KOMITET WYBORCZY PRAWO I SPRAWIEDLIWOŚĆ | 3,048 | 14.6% |  |
| Zbigniew Henryk Bernard | KOMITET WYBORCZY STOWARZYSZENIE AKTYWNY SAMORZĄD | 2,992 | 14.4% |  |
| Radosław Stachowiak | KOMITET WYBORCZY STOWARZYSZENIA POROZUMIENIE SAMORZĄDOWE ZIEMI KOŚCIAŃSKIEJ | 396 | 1.9% |  |

Valid votes: 20,838

Turnout: 55.2% (21,036 of 38,076 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 7, 2024](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2024-04-07-local/mayor.md): Sławomir Marek Kaczmarek, 64.9%
- October 21, 2018: Piotr Andrzej Ruszkiewicz, 70.3%
- [November 16, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2014-11-16-local/mayor.md): Michał Karol Jurga, 71.1%
- [November 21, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2010-11-21-local/mayor.md): Michał Karol Jurga, 64.9%
- [November 12, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2006-11-12-local/mayor.md): Michał Jurga, 72.1%
- [October 27, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2002-10-27-local/mayor.md): Jerzy Edmund Bartkowiak, 66.5%

## Also on the ballot in Poland on October 21, 2018

- [Assembly of Masovian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (7)
- [Assembly of Greater Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Lesser Poland Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (6)
- [Assembly of Łódź Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lower Silesian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lublin Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Lubusz Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Opole Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Subcarpathian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of West Pomeranian Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (5)
- [Assembly of Podlaskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (4)
- [Assembly of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (4)
- [Kościan council](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local.md) (4)
- [Local races across Poland](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/2018-10-21-local.md) (37,305)

## Sources

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

## On the ballot in Kościan

- 2018 Kościan mayoral election
- [Kościan council, constituency 1](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/council/1.md)
- [Kościan council, constituency 2](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/council/2.md)
- [Kościan council, constituency 3](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/council/3.md)
- [Kościan council, constituency 4](https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/council/4.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/mayor and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/pl/wielkopolskie/koscian/2018-10-21-local/mayor.json.