Łódź City Council

The Łódź City Council is the governing body of the city of Łódź in Poland. The council has 37 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.

City Council in Łódź Rada Miejska w Łodzi
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Bartosz Domaszewicz, KO
Vice-Chairpersons	Paulina Setnik, KO Krzysztof Stasiak, PiS Agnieszka Wieteska, NL
Structure
Seats	37
Political groups	Mayoral coalition (28)[1]   Civic Coalition (20)   New Left (5)   Modern (3) Opposition (9)   Law and Justice (6)   Independent (3)
Elections
Voting system	Multi-member electoral districts with five-year terms
Last election	7 April 2024
Next election	2029
Website
uml.lodz.pl/urzad-miasta-lodzi/rada-miejska-w-lodzi/

Members of the Łódź City Council

Party		District 1	District 2	District 3	District 4	District 5	District 6	District 7
	Civic Coalition	Bartosz Domaszewicz Agnieszka Wieteska Emilia Susniło-Gruszka Mateusz Walasek	Tomasz Kacprzak Krzysztof Makowski Marta Przywara Magdalena Gałkiewicz	Marcin Gołaszewski Karolina Kępka Maja Włodarczyk Elżbieta Żuraw	Adam Wieczorek Paulina Setnik Marcin Hencz Kamila Ścibor	Małgorzata Moskwa-Wodnicka Damian Raczkowski Joanna Budzińska Justyna Chojnacka-Duraj	Hanna Zdanowska Tomasz Frączak Maciej Rakowski Ewa Bujnowicz-Zelt	Adam Pustelnik Katarzyna Wachowska Marcelina Hamczyk Bogusław Hubert
	Law and Justice	Sebastian Bulak	Piotr Cieplucha	Marek Michalik	Radosław Marzec	Marcin Buchali	Włodzimierz Tomaszewski Tomasz Anielak	Krzysztof Stasiak
	Third Way					Kosma Nykiel

Election results

2024

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 2024 election. The number of seats was lowered from 40 to 37.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Civic Coalition[a]	139,428	57.65	−4.45	28	−3
	Law and Justice	56,701	23.44	−1.03	8	0
	Third Way[b]	23,022	9.52	+6.91[c]	1	0[c]
	Confederation and Nonpartisan Localists	14,559	6.02	+3.95	0	0
	Self-Government Coalition Energy of Łódź	5,779	2.39	New	0	New
	National Action	2,359	0.98	+0.40	0	0
Total		241,848	100.00	–	37	–
Source: National Electoral Commission

2018

All 40 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2018 election.

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Committee of Hanna Zdanowska[a]	183,383	62.10	+8.41[d]	32	+5[d]
	Law and Justice	72,267	24.47	−2.39	8	−5
	Kukiz'15	13,080	4.43	New	0	New
	Yes![b]	7,712	2.61	New	0	New
	Freedom #MuremZaŁodzią	6,127	2.07	−2.14	0	0
	Committee of Agnieszka Wojciechowska - Nonpartisans	4,548	1.54	New	0	New
	Nonpartisan Łódź	3,964	1.34	−0.77	0	0
	Nonpartisans - Piotr Misztal	2,165	0.73	−0.34	0	0
	National Action	1,705	0.58	−0.50	0	0
	Law and Power	336	0.11	New	0	New
Total		295,287	100.00	–	40	–
Source: National Electoral Commission

2014

All seats on the city council were being contested in the 2014 election. The number of seats was lowered from 43 to 40.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Platform	79,735	39.63	20
	Law and Justice	54,052	26.86	13
	SLD Left Together	28,284	14.06	7
	Polish People's Party	10,680	5.31	0
	New Right – Janusz Korwin-Mikke	8,462	4.21	0
	Łodzianie Without Party	4,816	2.39	0
	Nonpartisan Łódź	4,251	2.11	0
	Committee of John Godson	3,964	1.97	0
	Your Movement	2,280	1.13	0
	National Movement	2,182	1.08	0
	Nonpartisan Bloc of Piotr Misztal	2,148	1.07	0
	Vote 4 Weno!	353	0.18	0
Total		201,207	100.00	40
Source: National Electoral Commission

2010

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2014 election.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Platform	77,647	38.75	23
	Democratic Left Alliance	46,561	23.24	11
	Law and Justice	44,245	22.08	9
	Łódź Civic Association [pl]	10,846	5.41	0
	Committee of Prof. Zdzisława Janowska	7,458	3.72	0
	Polish People's Party	4,770	2.38	0
	National Breakthrough Movement	2,855	1.42	0
	KOP - Alternative	1,507	0.75	0
	National-Catholic Łódź Community	1,003	0.50	0
	Our Home Poland - Self-Defence of Andrzej Lepper	925	0.46	0
	Committee of Teresa Białecka-Krawczyk	894	0.45	0
	Committee of Janusz Rutkowski New Lifestyle "Healthy, Comfortable, Tasty and Happy"	864	0.43	0
	Association Initiative of Reasonable Poles	443	0.22	0
	Civic Association "Our Łódź"	353	0.18	0
Total		200,371	100.00	43
Source: National Electoral Commission

2006

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2006 election.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Platform	67,132	30.90	16
	SLD+SDPL+PD+UP Left and Democrats	53,081	24.43	11
	Law and Justice	46,635	21.47	14
	ŁPO of Jerzy Kropiwnicki [pl]	21,069	9.70	2
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	5,241	2.41	0
	League of Polish Families	4,618	2.13	0
	Real Politics Union	2,922	1.35	0
	Polish People's Party	2,153	0.99	0
	Association Initiative of Reasonable Poles	387	0.18	0
	Other committees	13,999	6.44	0
Total		217,237	100.00	43
Source: National Electoral Commission

2002

All 43 seats on the city council were being contested in the 2002 election.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union	53,009	33.61	21
	League of Polish Families	27,178	17.23	9
	Łódź Civic Association [pl]	19,664	12.47	6
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	18,815	11.93	6
	Justice for Citizens	12,652	8.02	1
	Conservative-Liberal Party Real Politics Union	5,633	3.57	0
	Polish People's Party	2,178	1.38	0
	Other committees	18,602	11.79	0
Total		157,731	100.00	43
Source: National Electoral Commission

Notes

1. Including New Left.
2. Including Left Together.
3. Compared to the result of Yes! in 2018.
4. Compared to combined 2014 results of Civic Platform and SLD Left Together.