The ECR-affiliated ruling Law and Justice party candidates dominated Polish local and regional elections on 19 October, scoring highest of all political parties and electoral committees. Among the elected politicians were ECR Members Adam Banaszak, Robert Godek, Paweł Grzybowski, Marcin Ociepa and Władysław Ortyl. Congratulations to all the winners!

Law and Justice candidates won the elections in 9 out of 16 Polish regions: Dolnośląskie, Lubelskie, Łódzkie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie, Śląskie and Świętokrzyskie. They won an outright majority in six regions, meaning that they will be able to govern in them alone, without needing to form a coalition.

In the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region, the leader of the Polish delegation in the ECR Group in the European Committee of the Regions, Adam Banaszak, was re-elected to the regional assembly and Paweł Grzybowski was re-elected as Mayor of Rypin.

In the Podkarpackie region, County Council Member Robert Godek and Marshal Władysław Ortyl were re-elected. Over 38 000 votes were cast for Marshal Ortyl alone. Overall, Law and Justice candidates secured 25 out of 32 seats in the Podkarpackie regional assembly.

Conservative politicians in Opolskie doubled their 2014 elections win. ECR Member Marcin Ociepa received the most individual votes (13 369) of all candidates from all electoral committees in the entire region.

This victory in local and regional elections was the fourth in a row for the Law and Justice party and its coalition partners Alliance and United Poland, underlined Law and Justice Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, who also stated that this bodes well for the upcoming parliamentary elections.