Official results diverge from polling exit polls, which indicated that in the second circular of the election the current city president Konrad Fijolek was to meet with a partyless Strojny Jack. Thus Waldemar Szumny ranked third. The difference between them was minimal and within the limits of statistical error, but seemingly it changed a lot. On Monday morning, according to the authoritative results provided by the State Election Commission, Fjołek won 37.91% of the vote, while Waldemar Szumny gained 24.23%. On the another hand, the Strojny, formerly typed on the Fijołek countercandidate in the second circular of the election, won 20.61% of the vote.
Adam Dziedzic (KWW PSL-Trzecia Road) – 8.76%, Karolina Pikuła (KWW Confederate and Independent Local Governments) – 6.78% and Janusz Niemierz (KWW Movement of Defence of Poland) – 1.71% besides participated in the competition for president Rzeszów.
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Exit Poll:
Pillar 45.1% (KO)
Fine 18.6% (bz)
Szumny 17.9% (PiS)
PKW results:
Vial 37.9% (KO)
Szumny 24.5% (PiS)
Strojny 20.6% (bz)
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Who's Konrad Fijolek?
The 47-year-old Konrad Fijołek has sociological education. Since 2002, he has served on the city council, besides serving as vice-president. Since June 2021, he has been mayor of Rzeszów. He replaced president Tadeusz Ferenc, with whom he was a close associate. The full then united opposition supported the Fijolek. He won the election in the first round, gaining 56% of support.
The fijołek continued his run under the slogan “Rzeszów is the most important”, which he had already utilized in 2021. During the campaign, he emphasized his commitments, specified as reducing traffic jams in the city. He besides declared the continuation of projects started in his erstwhile term, including the construction of the Podkarpackie Light Athletics Centre or aquapark.
Who's Waldemar Szumny?
Waldemar Szumny is simply a mathematician by profession and has worked for respective years at the Chancellery of the Management Board of Podkarpackie Province. For 26 years he was a councillor of the city of Rzeszów, serving as vice-president since 2019. It has besides been active in PiS structures since 2001.
During the campaign, Szumna undertook to reconstruct the dynamics of the city's improvement and to introduce solutions to facilitate the lives of residents. Among his promises was the introduction of an yearly ticket for urban communication for PLN 365. Its main electoral slogan is “Rzeszów. It can”.
