Alexander Mishalski, a deputy from the Civic Coalition, was elected mayor of Krakow with a narrow margin.
Two weeks after the national local elections, 748 re-elections were held for the positions of leaders of cities, towns and communities. This was reported by TVP Info.
Aleksander Mishalski, a lawmaker from the Civic Coalition, the strongest force in Poland’s government coalition, became mayor of Krakow by a narrow margin.
In another large city, Wroclaw, the current mayor, Jacek Sutryk, an independent candidate supported by the ruling coalition party, the New Left, won with more than two-thirds of the vote.
Polling stations close at 21.00. Of the 748 mayoral elections, nine repeat elections were held in cities with voivodeship capital status.
According to the National Election Commission, six of them were candidates from the Civic Coalition who won, while the other two new mayors were supported by members of the ruling coalition. The turnout for this election was 44.06%.
We previously wrote that in the local elections in Poland, according to the exit poll, the national conservative party Law and Justice won, which led the country for 8 years until October 2023, and is now in opposition.
Source: korrespondent
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