The local election in 2010 in the West-Pomeranian Voivodship, with a special emphasis on Szczecin
The local election in 2010 in the West-Pomeranian Voivodship, with a special emphasis on Szczecin

Summary/Abstract: In 2005, we had to deal with the specific electoral situation, because in the fall two election campaigns to the parliament overlapped with each other (25 September), and also there were elections for the President of Poland (9 October and 23 October). A similar situation was going to repeat in the fall of 2010, because at that time elections were to be held on both the President and the local government. However, due to the plane crash near Smolensk on 10th April 2010, in which the President of Poland died, head of state elections were to be held at an accelerated time – 20 June and 4 July. At the same time the enormity of the tragedy at Smolensk strongly dominated national politics and in varying degrees the accident subject was present during the campaign, both presidential and local government. Local government elections took place on 21st November 2010 under the amended provisions of electoral law. The most important amendments to the rules of the electoral law should be mentioned the abolition of the possibility of blocking electoral lists, which was introduced before the local elections in 2006. The article discusses local government elections in the region (Western Pomerania) in 2010 in regard to the previous elections of 2002 and 2006. The Analysis covered the Electoral elections in the five largest cities in Western Pomerania in which the president is elected: Szczecin, Koszalin, Swinoujscie, Stargard Szczecinski, and in Kolobrzeg. Further, the article discusses the results of the elections to the individual district councils, whereas at the end of the article there is a description of the election to the Westpomeranian Regional Assembly. In assessing the results of the election may be noted that in Western Pomerania voting preferences of its residents did not change, as there still Civic Platform enjoys the greatest support, with the exception of Swinoujscie, where invariably wins the Democratic Left Alliance. However, some changes have taken place in Szczecin, in which the mentioned Civic Platform lost its position on president of the city and the majority in the City Council of Szczecin.

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