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2006 local elections were held in Poland on November 12 and November 26, 2006. In the first round there were elected 39,944 municipal (gmina) councillors, 6284 county (powiat) councillors and 561 voivodeship councillors. Additionally, 2460 city and town mayors and borough leaders were chosen in direct, two-round elections.

[edit] Results

[edit] Turnout

	November 12	November 26
voting districts	33,362	11,385
electors	29,877,983	14,643,543
ballots	13,742,032	5,812,667
turnout	45.99%	39.69%

[edit] Mayors

electoral committee	mayors	% of mayors
local committees	2,014	81.87%
Polish People's Party	253	10.28%
Law and Justice	77	3.13%
Civic Platform	46	1.87%
Left and Democrats	42	1.71%
Self-Defense	25	1.02%
League of Polish Families	3	0.12%
National Party of Pensioners	0	0.00%
Total	2,460	100.00%

Source: Wykaz wybranych wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów miast. Głosowanie w dniu 12 listopada 2006 r. oraz 26 listopada 2006 r., Polish Electoral Commission

[edit] Voivodship councils

electoral committee	votes	% of votes	seats	% of seats
Civic Platform	3,643,091	27.18%	186	33.16%
Law and Justice	3,361,616	25.08%	170	30.30%
Left and Democrats	1,910,009	14.25%	66	11.76%
Polish People's Party	1,774,633	13.24%	83	14.80%
Self-Defense	755,329	5.64%	37	6.60%
League of Polish Families	635,329	4.74%	11	1.96%
regional committees			8	1.43%
Total			561	100.00%

Source: Najwięcej radnych w skali kraju ma PSL, gazeta.pl

[edit] County councils

electoral committee	seats	% of seats
local committees	2,647	42.12%
Law and Justice	1,242	19.76%
Polish People's Party	867	13.80%
Civic Platform	779	12.40%
Left and Democrats	468	7.45%
Self-Defense	212	3.37%
League of Polish Families	67	1.07%
National Party of Pensioners	2	0.03%
Total	6,284	100.00%

Source: Najwięcej radnych w skali kraju ma PSL, gazeta.pl

[edit] Municipal councils

Obejmuje dane na temat radnych gmin, radnych miast na prawach powiatu oraz radnych dzielnic Warszawy

electoral committee	seats	% of seats
local committees	28,726	71.92%
Polish People's Party	3,890	9.74%
Law and Justice	3,079	7.71%
Civic Platform	1,784	4.47%
Left and Democrats	1357	3.40%
Self-Defense	867	2.17%
League of Polish Families	236	0.59%
National Party of Pensioners	5	0.01%
Total	39,944	100.00%

Source: Najwięcej radnych w skali kraju ma PSL, gazeta.pl

[edit] Problems after elections

A law enacted in 2005 obliged the mayors of Polish municipalities to publicly disclose their own as well as their spouse's financial circumstances. The law requires the successful candidate's disclosure statement to be provided within 30 days after the inauguration, whereas the statement regarding the candidate's spouse is to be submitted within 30 days after the actual election. The law became subject of controversy. Some of elected ones resigned while the others refused. The most known person who didn't resign was newly elected president (=mayor) of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. She submitted her own and her husband's statements on January 2nd, 2007, exactly 30 days after her inauguration. On January 20th, the newspaper Dziennik reported that Mr. Waltz's documents had been two days past the deadline, which in his case had been on December 28th, 2006. Based on this, prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński of the governing Law and Justice party maintained that Gronkiewicz-Waltz's mandate had expired on December 28th, 2006, and announced to repeat the local elections. Gronkiewicz-Waltz's party argued that the prime minister does not have the authority to make this decision, and that the case would need to be examined in court instead. Polish legal experts maintained that by submitting their statements on the same day, Gronkiewicz-Waltz had observed the spirit, even if not the letter of the law. Also, having two different deadlines for the statements could be considered as an unconstitutional legal trap. In the meantime, Platforma Obywatelska announced that it would nominate Gronkiewicz-Waltz again, should the elections need to be repeated. On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled against the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party and struck down the controversial law that threatened her and many other public officials. However, those who had already resigned, weren't given their posts back.

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Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Turnout

[edit] Mayors

[edit] Voivodship councils

[edit] County councils

[edit] Municipal councils

[edit] Problems after elections

[edit] External links