Ruling party in lead – official election results

According to official local election results announced on Saturday evening, politicians from the ruling Civic Platform won 179 seats in Poland's voivodship councils. Their main rivals from Law and Justice won 171 seats. Junior coalition partner Polish People's Party has 157 seats in the councils and the Democratic Left Alliance has 28. There are altogether 555 seats, a minority of which was allocated to smaller groupings. The Civic Platform won elections in Zachodniopomorskie, Pomorskie, Lubuskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Wielkopolskie, Opolskiego, Silesia and Lower Silesia. Law and Justice has the majority in Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie and Łódzkie. The Polish People's Party won in Świętokrzyskie and Warmińsko-Mazurskie.