Kraków City Council

Local government body in Kraków, Poland

City Council of the Capital Royal City of Kraków

Rada Stołecznego Królewskiego Miasta Krakowa

Type
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Unicameral

Leadership

Chairman

Jakub Kosek, KO

Vice-Chairpersons

Iwona Chamielec, KO
Michał Drewnicki, PiS
Łukasz Maślona, KdM

Structure
Seats| 43

Political groups

| Mayoral coalition (20)[1][2]

* Civic Coalition (20)

Opposition (23)

* Law and Justice (12)
* Kraków for Citizens (7)
* Partia Razem (1)
* Independent (6)
* New Left (4)

Elections

Voting system

| Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms

Last election

| 7 April 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 43 elected members[3] 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,[4] which takes place at the same time, is based on legislation introduced on 20 June 2002.

## City Council President

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Council  | Term of office  | Name  | Party

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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
9th  | 2024-current  | Jakub Kosek  |  | Civic Platform

## Members of the Kraków City Council

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Party  | District 1  | District 2  | District 3  | District 4  | District 5  | District 6  | District 7

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| 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

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### 2024

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Results of the 2024 election by district.

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

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Results of the 2018 election by district.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Aleksander Miszalski z wotum zaufania i absolutorium". www.radiokrakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
2. ^ "Awantura po decyzji Miszalskiego. Nowa Lewica reaguje. "Sytuacja jest zdumiewająca" - Wiadomości Radio ZET". wiadomosci.radiozet.pl (in Polish). 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
3. ^ Radni Miasta Krakowa V kadencji. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)
4. ^ Prezydent Miasta Krakowa: Jacek Majchrowski. BIP Kraków. Accessed 17 April 2010. (in Polish)

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