KO recently lost the president in a referendum. We know the results of the election in Zabrze
The third place was taken by Sławomir Mentzen – 15.35 percent, the fourth Szymon Hołownia – 5.52 percent, and the fifth – Adrian Zandberg – 5.43 percent.
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Further places were: Grzegorz Braun – 5.26 percent, Magdalena Biejat – 4.83 percent, Krzysztof Stanowski – 1.39 percent, Joanna Senyszyn – 1.31 percent, Marek Jakubiak – 0.66 percent, Artur Bartoszewicz – 0.43 percent, Maciej Maciak – 0.18 percent. and Marek Woch – 0.11 percent
The turnout in Zabrze was 57.57 percent
A week before the first round of presidential elections in Zabrze, a referendum was held on the dismissal of local authorities. Residents decided to dismiss Agnieszka Rupniewska chosen from the KO list, giving away 29.2 thousand. important votes. 27.2 thousand residents were in favor of shortening her term, and 2,000 against. The attendance threshold was 25.9 thousand. votes. The referendum to dismiss the city council was invalid due to too low attendance.
Five years ago, in the first round of the presidential election in Zabrze, Andrzej Duda won – 36.68 percent, before Rafał Trzaskowski – 34.02 percent.
Dismissal of President Zabrze
In the referendum, residents dismissed Rupniewska, but the attendance was too low to cancel the city of Zabrze. For this, it was necessary to exceed the attendance threshold of 29.6 thousand. votes.
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116.9 thousand were entitled to vote in Zabrze. people. In order for the results of the referendum to be important, it was necessary to participate in the vote of at least 3/5 of the number of voters who took part in the selection of the city's local government authorities in 2024. The attendance threshold in the case of the president and the city council was different, because the turnout in the first and second round of last year's local government elections was different.
The initiators of the referendum accused Rupniewska, among others group exemptions in local government units, increases in local fees, resignation from organizing cyclical cultural events and the prolonged privatization process of Górnik Zabrze. Rupniewska defended herself against the allegations, indicating, among others that she took over the city in a very bad financial situation and had to save it from bankruptcy.
Rupniewska won the local government elections in Zabrze in 2024 as a candidate KWW Civic Coalition. Although she started with the support of the KO, it does not belong to any political party. In the second round she received 57.85 percent votes. She defeated her long-term predecessor Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik, who managed the city since 2006.
