Silesian Regional Assembly

Silesian Regional Assembly
Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairperson
Grzegorz Wolnik, PO
Vice-Chairpersons
Stanisław Gmitruk, PSL
Andrzej Sławik, RAŚ
Structure
Seats 45 councillors
Political groups

Executive board

  •      PO (17)
  •      PSL (5)
  •      RAŚ (4)
  •      SLD (3)

Opposition parties

  •      PiS (15)

Vacant

  •      (1)
Elections
Last election
16 November 2014
Meeting place
Silesian Parliament Building, Katowice
Website
Silesian Regional Assembly

The Silesian Regional Assembly (Polish: Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of Silesia in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of forty-five councillors elected for a four-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Grzegorz Wolnik.[1]

The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the regional government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Silesia is a coalition government between Civic Platform, the Polish People's Party, the Silesian Autonomy Movement and the Democratic Left Alliance.[2] The board's current chief executive is Marshal Wojciech Saługa of Civic Platform.[3]

The Silesian Assembly convenes within the Silesian Parliament building in Katowice.

Districts

Members of the assembly are elected from seven districts, serve four-year terms. Districts does not have the constituencies formal names. Instead, each constituency has a number and territorial description.

Number Seats City counties Land counties
1 7 Bielsko-Biała Bielsko, Cieszyn, Żywiec
2 6 Katowice, Mysłowice, Tychy Bieruń-Lędziny, Pszczyna
3 7 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Rybnik, Żory Mikołów, Racibórz, Rybnik, Wodzisław
4 7 Bytom, Gliwice Gliwice, Lubliniec, Tarnowskie Góry
5 6 Chorzów, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, Zabrze None
6 5 Częstochowa Częstochowa, Kłobuck, Myszków
7 7 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Jaworzno, Sosnowiec Będzin, Zawiercie

1998-2002 Term

2002-06 Term

2006-10 Term

Silesian Regional Assembly elections on 12 November 2006[4]
Party Votes % Seats by districts
Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Civic Platform (PO) 450,206 33.26 21 2 4 3 3 4 2 3
Law and Justice (PiS) 338,528 25.01 16 3 2 2 2 2 3 2
Left and Democrats (LiD) 206,917 15.29 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Polish People's Party (PSL) 70,332 5.20 3 1 1 1
Silesian Autonomy Movement (RAS) 58,919 4.35
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) 53,623 3.96
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners (KREiR) 48,602 3.59
League of Polish Families (LPR) 46,970 3.47
Polish Labour Party (PPP) 25,079 1.85
Real Politics Union (UPR) 15,814 1.17
Polish Confederation - Dignity and Work (KGiP) 15469 1.14
Voters for the Defence of the Polish Nation (WONP) 14,918 1.10
Now Częstochowa (TC) 5,408 0.40
National Revival of Poland (NOP) 2,919 0.22
Total 606,876 100.00 48 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
  • Registered voters: 3,764,889
  • Card issue: 1,504,447 (39.96%)
  • Votes counted: 1,502,015
  • Valid votes: 1,353,704

2010-14 Term

Silesian Regional Assembly elections on 21 November 2010[4]
Party Votes Percent Seats
Civic Platform (PO) ? 33,7% 22
Law and Justice (PiS) ? 20,8% 11
Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) ? 16,4% 10
Silesian Autonomy Movement (RAS) 122,781 8.49% 3
Polish People's Party (PSL) ? 7,10% 2
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) ? ?
National Party of Retirees and Pensioners (KREiR) ? ?
League of Polish Families (LPR) ? ?
Polish Labour Party (PPP) ? ?
Real Politics Union (UPR) ? ?
Polish Confederation - Dignity and Work (KGiP) ? ?
Voters for the Defence of the Polish Nation (WONP) ? ?
Now Częstochowa (TC) ? ?
National Revival of Poland (NOP) ? ?

See also

References

  1. "Przewodniczący Sejmiku 5 kadencji". Sejmik Województwa Śląskiego. Regional Assembly of Silesia. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  2. "Zarząd Województwa". Zarząd Województwa Śląskiego. Marshal's Office of Silesian Voivodeship. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. "Śląsk dla koalicji PO-PSL-SLD. Marszałkiem został Wojciech Saługa". Wybory samorządowe 2014. TVN24. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Silesian Regional Assembly elections". State Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
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