Rola komitetów partyjnych i niepartyjnych w kreowaniu burmistrzów i prezydentów miast – przykład województwa zachodniopomorskiego
The role of party and non-party committees in the creation of mayors and presidents of cities – an example of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: Elections to local self-government are, together with the elections to the parliament, a common way of electing representatives of power by the public. In both cases, all actors of the political scene participates equally. Political parties have a definite advantage over nonparty committees in the election to the state organs. On the other hand, the non-party committees gain the greater the more local authority is elected. This is related to the fact that in the lower territorial levels, local party systems reflect the national system only to a limited extent. In Polish realities, in many local government units, party identification does not play a greater role. The aim of the study is to analyze the results of the presidential and mayoral elections of cities in the West Pomeranian voivodeship in the years 2006-2014, in terms of the winners being supported by particular types of election committees. The study was conducted in 65 cities, including three cities with district rights – Szczecin, Koszalin and Świnoujście. In the work in particular will analyze the phenomenon of so-called “multi-term city leaders”, who have held positions for at least three terms, since 2006.

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