West Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik Explained

West Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik
Native Name:Sejmik Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego
House Type:Unicameral
Leader1 Type:Chairperson
Leader1:Teresa Kalina
Party1:PO
Leader2 Type:Vice- Chairperson
Structure1 Res:250px
Members:30 councillors
Political Groups1:Executive board (17)

Opposition parties (13)

Last Election1:7 April 2024
Meeting Place:Sejmik Building, Szczecin
Website:Official website
Party3:PO
Leader2:Marcin Przepióra, Janusz Żmurkiewicz, Sebastian Szwajlik
Leader3:Olgierd Geblewicz
Leader3 Type:Marshal

The West Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik (Polish: Sejmik Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego) is the regional legislature of the Voivodeship of West Pomerania in Poland. It is a unicameral parliamentary body consisting of thirty councillors chosen during regional elections for a five-year term. The current chairperson of the assembly is Teresa Kalina from KO.[1]

The assembly elects the executive board that acts as the collective executive for the provincial government, headed by the voivodeship marshal. The current Executive Board of Pomerania is a coalition government between Civic Coalition, Third Way and The Left under the leadership of Marshal Olgierd Geblewicz of Civic Coalition.[2]

The assembly convenes within the Sejmik Building in Szczecin.

Districts

Members of the legislature are elected from five districts and serve five-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 8 Police
2 5 Goleniów, Gryfice, Kamień, Łobez
3 5 None Białogard, Drawsko, Kołobrzeg, Świdwin, Wałcz
4 5 Koszalin, Sławno, Szczecinek
5 7 None Choszczno, Gryfino, Myślibórz, Pyrzyce, Stargard

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Przewodniczący Sejmiku WZ. Sejmik Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego. Regional Assembly of West Pomerania. 21 January 2016.
  2. News: Kutys. Andrzej. Byli radni SLD popierają sejmikową koalicję. 21 January 2016. Radio Szczecin. 12 November 2015.