Katowice (parliamentary constituency)

Katowice
Polish: Okręg wyborczy Katowice
Constituency
for the National Assembly of the Republic of Poland

Outline map

Boundary of the Katowice Constituency in Poland for the 2011 general election.
Counties in
Silesian Voivodeship
Bieruń-Lędziny
City Counties in
Silesian Voivodeship
Katowice, Chorzów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, and Tychy
Current constituency
Senators 3
Sejm Deputies 12
Senate District 30
Sejm District 31
European Parliament constituency Silesian
Voivodeship sejmik Silesian Regional Assembly

Katowice is a Polish parliamentary constituency in the Silesian Voivodeship. It elects twelve members of the Sejm and three members of the Senate.

The district has the number '31' for elections to the Sejm and '30' for elections to the Senate, and is named after the city of Katowice. It includes the county of Bieruń-Lędziny and the city-counties of Katowice, Chorzów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, and Tychy.

List of members

Senate

Member Party Term
Antoni Piechniczek Civic Platform
Leszek Piechota Civic Platform 2010–[A]
Bronisław Korfanty Law and Justice
^A Piechota replaced Krystyna Bochenek on 2 July 2010.

Sejm

Member Party Term
Andrzej Celiński Independent[A]
Kazimierz Kutz Independent[B]
Maria Nowak Law and Justice
Elżbieta Pierzchała Civic Platform
Danuta Pietraszewska Civic Platform
Marek Plura Civic Platform
Jerzy Polaczek Law and Justice
Jan Rzymełka Civic Platform
Andrzej Sośnierz Poland Comes First[C]
Grzegorz Tobiszowski Law and Justice
Marek Wójcik Civic Platform
Jerzy Ziętek Civic Platform
^A Elected for Social Democracy of Poland.
^B Elected for Civic Platform.
^C Elected for Law and Justice.

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