2014 Polish regional assembly election

16 November 2014 (first round) 30 November 2014 (second round)
555 seats to regional assemblies
Turnout	47.40%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ewa Kopacz Jarosław Kaczyński Janusz Piechociński Party PO PiS PSL Leader since 8 November 2014 18 January 2003 17 November 2012 Last election 222 seats, 30.89% 141 seats, 23.05% 93 seats, 16.30% Seats before 222 141 93 Seats won 179 171 157 Seat change 43 30 64 Percentage 26.29% 26.89% 23.88% Swing 4.60% 3.84% 7.58%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Leszek Miller Ryszard Galla Jerzy Gorzelik Party SLD MN RAŚ Leader since 10 December 2011 25 September 2005 2003 Last election 85 seats, 15.20% 6 seats, 17.77% (in Opole) 3 seats, 8.49% (in Silesia) Seats before 85 6 3 Seats won 28 7 4 Seat change 57 1 1 Percentage 8.79% 14.90% (in Opole) 7.20% (in Silesia) Swing 6.41% 2.87% 1.29%

The 2014 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on November 16, 2014, and second on November 30, 2014.

The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections. The local elections were seen as a test to the ruling Civic Platform and Polish People's Party centre-right conservative liberal coalition government under Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, after then Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the President of the European Council.

Background

It was the first election for new PM and Civic Platform's Leader Ewa Kopacz. Also it had been a test for Law and Justice after good results in latest European Parliament elections in Poland.

Results

Voivodeship Councils

Results of the elections to the Voivodship councils

Party	Number of seats
Civic Platform	179
Law and Justice	171
Polish People's Party	157
Democratic Left Alliance	28
Regional Committee	13
German Minority (only Opole Voivodeship)	7