City Council in Białystok Rada Miasta Białystok | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Katarzyna Jamróz, KO |
Vice-Chairmen | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 28 |
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Political groups | Mayoral coalition (16)[1]
Opposition (12)
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| Elections | |
| Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms | |
Last election | 7 April 2024 |
Next election | 2029 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Białystok City Council (Polish: Rada Miasta Białystok) is the governing body of the city of Białystok in Poland. The council has 28 elected members[2] 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,[3] which takes place at the same time, is based on legislation introduced on 20 June 2002.
History
[edit]The first independent city parliament in the city was formed with the regaining of independence from the Russian Empire and the establishment of the Polish Second Republic.
Following the dissolving of the city council in mid-1927, elections were set to December 11 that year. Among the electoral blocs running in the election were the Polish Electoral Committee of Economic Work, whose election platform aimed to culturally uplift the suburbs and outskirts of the city, inhabited primarily by working people, by supporting construction, school construction, crafts, and cheap loans. The Union of Polish Electoral Committee, representing the right wing and headed by President Szymański, issued a proclamation on November 18, 1927, in Dziennik Białostocki. The Union of Jewish National Bloc (Polish: Zjednoczenie Żydowskiego Bloku Narodowego) won 9 seats and became the largest faction in the city council, followed by Union of the Polish Electoral Committee (Polish: Zjednoczenie Polskiego Komitetu Wyborczego) with 8 seats, General Jewish Workers' Union "Bund" (Polish: Ogólne żydowski Związek Robotniczy „Bund") with 6 seats, Property Owners Election Committee (Polish: Komitet Wyborczy Wlaścicieli Nieruchomości) and Polish Electoral Committee of Economic Work (Polish: Polski Komitet Wyborczy Pracy Gospodarczej) each received 4 seats, Union of Electoral Commissions of Former Military Personnel (Polish: Zjednoczenie Kom. Wyborcz. byłych Wojskowych) and PPS Class Trade Unions (Polish: PPS Klasowe Związki Zawodowe) each with 3, Citizens of the Orthodox Community (Polish: Obywateli gminy prawosławnej) and Craftsmen of the city of Białystok (Polish: Rzemieślników m. Bialegostoku) with two mandates each and Non-partisan voters (Polish: Wyborcy bezpartyjni) with one mandate. The Zionist-Democratic "Hitachduth" (Polish: Syjonistyczno-Demokratyczny „Hitachduth") and Poale Zion failed to pass the threshold and did not enter the city council.[4]
In May 1939, at the 1938–39 Polish local elections 48 deputies were elected to the Białystok City Council under the following division: PPS and class trade unions - 6, Bund and class trade unions - 10, Jewish Democratic Bloc (Polish: Żydowski Demokratyczny Blok - 3, General Jewish Bloc (Polish: Ogólny Blok Żydowski) - 3, Christian National-Economic Electoral Committee - 21, National Party - 5.[5]
Members of the Białystok City Council
[edit]| Party | District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Coalition | Paweł Gracjan Eshetu-Gabre Katarzyna Kisielewska-Martyniuk Michał Karpowicz |
Marek Stanisław Tyszkiewicz Jowita Chudzik Ewa Tokajuk |
Paweł Skowroński Katarzyna Jamróz Anna Maria Dobrowolska-Cylwik |
Maciej Marek Garley Karol Konrad Masztalerz Anna Leonowicz |
Marcin Piętka Jarosław Grodzki Agnieszka Zabrocka | |
| Law and Justice | Jacek Krzysztof Chańko Krzysztof Jan Stawnicki |
Henryk Dębowski Piotr Jankowski Alicja Biały |
Bartosz Aleksander Stasiak Katarzyna Ancipiuk |
Katarzyna Siemieniuk Sebastian Jakub Putra |
Agnieszka Małgorzata Rzeszewska Mateusz Sawicki Paweł Myszkowski | |
| Third Way | Paweł Skowroński | Joanna Misiuk | ||||
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]All 28 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2024 election.[7]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Civic Coalition | 41,702 | 39.42 | 14 | |
| Law and Justice | 35,632 | 33.68 | 12 | |
| Third Way | 12,032 | 11.37 | 2 | |
| Confederation and Nonpartisan Localists | 8,927 | 8.44 | 0 | |
| The Left | 5,555 | 5.25 | 0 | |
| Spoza Stiwy | 1,949 | 1.84 | 0 | |
| Total | 105,797 | 100.00 | 28 | |
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Prezydent Tadeusz Truskolaski otrzymał wotum zaufania i absolutorium za 2023 rok". bialystok.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ^ "Radni kadencji 2024-2029" (in Polish). BIP Białystok. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "Prezydent Miasta Białegostoku" (in Polish). BIP Białystok. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "Wiadomości statystyczne miasta Białegostoku za lata 1921-1928" (in Polish). Podlaska Biblioteka Cyfrowa. pp. 164–165. Archived from the original on 2025-07-17.
- ^ Dobroński 2010, pp. 65.
- ^ "Wiemy, kto będzie tworzyć Radę Miasta Białystok" (in Polish). Polskie Radio Białystok. 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ "Wyniki w wyborach do Rad Gmin, Miast i Miejskich- Rada Miasta Białystok". samorzad2024.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dobroński, Adam (2010). Historia Województwa Podlaskiego (in Polish). Oficyna Wydawnicza Kreator. ISBN 978-83-7344-057-9.
