Kraków City Council

Kraków City Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Council President (acting)	Artur Buszek, Modern (KO)
Structure
Seats	43
Political groups	Civic Coalition (24)   Civic Platform (20)   New Left (3)   The Greens (1)   United Right (12)   Kraków for Citizens (7)   Independent (6)   Left Together (1)
Elections
Voting system	Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms
Last election	April 7, 2024
Next election	2029
Meeting place
Wielopolski Palace
Website
www.rmk.krakow.pl

The Kraków City Council is the governing body of Kraków. The council has forty-three elected members^[1] elected every five years in an election by city voters through a secret ballot. The election of City Council and the local head of government,^[2] which takes place at the same time, is based on legislation introduced on 20 June 2002.

City Council President

Council	Term of office	Name	Party
1st	1990-1993	Kazimierz Barczyk		Solidarity Citizens' Committee
	1993-1994	Tadeusz Kołaczyk
2nd	1994-2002	Stanisław Handzlik		Freedom Union
3rd
4th	2002-2006	Paweł Pytko		Law and Justice
5th	2006-2007	Paweł Klimowicz		Civic Platform
	2007-2009	Małgorzata Radwan-Ballada
	2009-2010	Józef Pilch		Law and Justice
6th	2010-2018	Bogusław Kośmider		Civic Platform
7th
8th	2018-2022	Dominik Jaśkowiec
	2022-2023	Rafał Komarewicz		Poland 2050

Members of the Kraków City Council

Party		District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	District 6	District 7
	Civic Coalition	Dominik Jaśkowiec Anna Bałdyga Piotr Moskała Grzegorz Stawowy	Jakub Kosek Grzegorz Stawowy Aleksandra Kot Joanna Hańderek	Iwona Chamielec Tomasz Daros Renata Piętka Agnieszka Łętocha	Małgorzata Potocka Bogusław Kośmider Agnieszka Pogoda-Tota	Zbigniew Kożuch Grażyna Fijałkowska Alicja Szczepańska Tomasz Leśniak	Łukasz Sęk Edyta Sikora Marek Hohenauer	Bogumiła Drabik Magdalena Mazurkiewicz
	Law and Justice	Agnieszka Paderewska	Maciej Michałowski	Michał Ciechowski Marek Sobieraj	Krzysztof Sułowski Mariusz Kękuś	Małgorzata Kot Aleksandra Witek	Michał Drewnicki Renata Kucharska	Włodzimierz Pietrus Edward Porębski
	Kraków for Citizens	Łukasz Maślona	Aleksandra Owca	Łukasz Gibała	Michał Starobrat	Rafał Zawiślak	Rafał Nowak	Eliza Dydyńska-Czesak

Election results

2024

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2024 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Coalition	118,641	40.11	−3.54	24	+1
	Law and Justice	68,615	23.20	−6.62	12	−4
	Committee of Łukasz Gibała - Kraków for Citizens	46,012	15.56	+2.83	7	+3
	Committee of Rafał Komarewicz Kraków Third Way	18,430	6.23	New	0	New
	Confederation and Nonpartisan Localists	17,753	6.00	+2.96	0	0
	Committee of Andrzej Kulig „Towards the Future”	14,264	4.82	New	0	New
	Committee of Stanisław Mazur	7,105	2.40	New	0	New
	United for Kraków	3,487	1.18	New	0	New
	Self-Governing Kraków	1,467	0.50	New	0	New
Total		295,774	100.00	–	43	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

2018

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2018 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski – Civic Kraków	143,883	43.65	−2.39	23	−1
	Law and Justice	98,305	29.82	−3.33	16	−3
	Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków for Citizens”	41,953	12.73	+8.77	4	+4
	Kukiz'15	13,204	4.01	New	0	New
	Together for Kraków	10,268	3.11	New	0	New
	„Modern Kraków” of Konrad Berkowicz	10,024	3.04	−2.51	0	0
	Nonpartisan Local Government Activists	9,576	2.90	New	0	New
	Prądnik Biały Our District	1,828	0.55	New	0	New
	Our Kraków of Grzegorz Gorczyca	620	0.19	New	0	New
Total		329,661	100.00	–	43	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

2014

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2014 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Law and Justice	75,870	33.15	+6.21	19	+7
	Civic Platform	74,703	32.64	−9.75	18	−6
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	30,660	13.40	−1.26	6	−1
	Kraków Against Olympics	15,403	6.73	New	0	New
	New Right – Kraków	12,692	5.55	+2.67	0	0
	Committee of Łukasz Gibała „Kraków a City for People”	9,073	3.96	New	0	New
	Defense of Rights of Retirees Pensioners Tenants	4,573	2.00	New	0	New
	Committee of Sławomir Ptaszkiewicz – Kraków at 100%	4,481	1.96	New	0	New
	Citizens of Kraków	1,312	0.57	New	0	New
	Libertarian Party	97	0.04	New	0	New
Total		228,864	100.00	–	43	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

2010

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2010 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform	103,370	42.39	+4.56	24	+2
	Law and Justice	65,694	26.94	−1.67	12	−7
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	35,758	14.66	+3.51	7	+5
	Democratic Left Alliance	18,775	7.70	−0.35	0	0
	Movement of Voters of Janusz Korwin-Mikke	7,013	2.88	New	0	New
	Right Together Self-Government Community	4,770	1.96	New	0	New
	Kraków Agreement of Citizens	2,637	1.08	+0.60	0	0
	Kraków Initiative Group of Defense of Tenants' Rights	2,603	1.07	New	0	New
	Fair Kraków	1,623	0.67	New	0	New
	Young Kraków	1,328	0.54	New	0	New
	Defense of Human Rights	302	0.12	New	0	New
Total		243,873	100.00	–	43	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

2006

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2006 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Platform	90,331	37.83	+24.10	22	+15
	Law and Justice	68,323	28.61	+11.39	19	+10
	Committee of Jacek Majchrowski	26,630	11.15	+7.55	2	+2
	SLD+SDPL+PD+UP Left and Democrats	19,217	8.05	−8.82	0	−10
	League of Polish Families	9,724	4.07	−12.05	0	−9
	Lassota	5,445	2.28	−10.13	0	−7
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	1,649	0.69	−3.04	0	0
	Other committees	17,458	7.31		0	0
Total		238,777	100.00	–	43	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

2002

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 2002 election. The number of seats was lowered from 75 to 43.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Law and Justice	33,638	17.22	New	9	New
	Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union	32,945	16.87	−4.01	10	−7
	League of Polish Families	31,485	16.12	New	9	New
	Civic Platform	26,807	13.73	New	7	New
	"Your City" Civic Committee of Józef Lassota	24,241	12.41	New	7	New
	Kraków Self-Government Platform	12,993	6.65	New	1	New
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	7,284	3.73	New	0	New
	Cross-Party Committee "Friendly Kraków"	7,026	3.60	New	0	New
	Other committees	18,873	9.66		0	0
Total		195,292	100.00	–	43	−32
Source: National Electoral Commission

1998

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1998 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Solidarity Electoral Action	86,929	38.59	New	38	New
	Coalition of Freedom Union, UPR, RIO...	48,860	21.69	New	18	New
	Democratic Left Alliance	47,032	20.88	+6.17	17	−1
	Patriotic Movement Fatherland	16,802	7.46	New	2	New
	Social Alliance: PSL-UP-KPEiR	6,084	2.70	−4.02	0	0
	Other committees	19,557	8.68		0	0
Total		225,264	100.00	–	75	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

1994

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1994 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Kraków Coalition „Your City”	40,433	25.19	New	26	New
	Democratic Left Alliance	23,946	14.92	New	18	New
	Self-Governing Kraków	21,353	13.30	New	13	New
	Right Together	15,941	9.93	New	10	New
	Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms	11,377	7.09	New	4	New
	Municipal Agreement for Kraków	7,308	4.55	New	1	New
	Labour Union	6,193	3.86	New	0	New
	Citizens' Agreement „Krakowianie”	5,991	3.73	New	1	New
	Polish People's Party	4,592	2.86	+0.22	0	0
	Polish Association of Tenants	3,668	2.28	New	1	New
	Commonwealth of Societies of District XII	1,613	1.00	New	1	New
	Other committees and independents	16,715	10.41		0	0
	No choice	1,397	0.87		–	–
Total		160,527	100.00	–	75	0
Source: National Electoral Commission

1990

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 1990 election.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Kraków Citizens' Committee „Solidarity”	188,963	73.84	73
	Confederation of Independent Poland	16,197	6.33	2
	Electoral Bloc of the Left	11,260	4.40	0
	Polish People's Party	6,750	2.64	0
	Other committees and independents	28,561	11.16	0
	No choice	4,163	1.63	–
Total		255,894	100.00	75
Source: Official Journal of the Kraków Voivodeship

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