Editing Rybnik (section)

==Government and politics==

=== Local politics ===
Since the 1999 administrative reform, Rybnik is a [[consolidated city-county]] (''miasto na prawach powiatu''), with the mayor (''prezydent miasta'') who is the executive branch of local government, and a city council (''rada miasta'') of 25 people, which is the legislative branch. The mayor is elected in a citywide election, while the city council is elected in a proportional elections from four voting districts. Additionally, city charter divides Rybnik into 27 districts with a council each. These district councils have auxiliary status, and their main tasks are: organizing public consultations for decisions such as the zoning plan, social control over city investments in their respective areas, lobbying in the city hall for the district. Rybnik is also the seat of the surrounding suburban [[Rybnik County|Rybnik county]] but is not a part of it.

The current mayor of Rybnik is Piotr Kuczera of the [[Civic Platform]] party - due to term limits, he will not be eligible to be elected again in the next election. In the city council, the Civic Platform-Wspólnie dla Rybnika (''Together for Rybnik'') coalition is in power, with the [[Law and Justice]] party and a local Blok Samorządowy Rybnik (''Self-governing Bloc Rybnik'') in opposition.

=== National politics ===
In Sejm elections, Rybnik is part of the 30th voting district together with [[Jastrzębie-Zdrój]], [[Żory]], [[Mikołów County|Mikołów]], [[Racibórz County|Racibórz]], [[Rybnik County|Rybnik]] and [[Wodzisław County|Wodzisław]] counties, electing 9 MPs. In the most-recent, [[2019 Polish parliamentary election|2019 parliamentary election]], the district elected 5 MPs from [[Law and Justice]] Party, 3 from [[Civic Coalition (Poland)|Civic Coalition]] ([[Civic Platform]], [[Modern (political party)|Modern Party]] and the [[Green party|Greens]]) and 1 from the [[Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)|Democratic Left Alliance]]. In Rybnik proper, the results were as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.|url=https://sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/pl/wyniki/sejm/pow/247300|access-date=2021-09-24|website=sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Place
!Party
!Votes
!Vote share
|-
|1
|Law and Justice
|29,524
|45.53%
|-
|2
|Civic Coalition
|19,732
|30.43%
|-
|3
|Democratic Left Alliance
|6,424
|9.91%
|-
|4
|[[Confederation Liberty and Independence]]
|4,725
|7.29%
|-
|5
|[[Polish People's Party]]
|3,425
|5.28%
|-
|6
|Coalition of Non-Partisan Local Government Leaders
|1,022
|1.58%
|-
|
|'''Total'''
|'''64,852'''
|'''100%'''
|}
In the Senate elections, Rybnik is part of the 73rd voting district together with Rybnik and Mikołów counties, represented by Wojciech Piecha (Law and Justice). The most-recent election results in Rybnik city were:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.|url=https://sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl/sejmsenat2019/pl/wyniki/senat/pow/247300|access-date=2021-09-24|website=sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl|language=pl}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Place
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!Vote share
|-
|1
|Wojciech Piecha
|Law and Justice
|28,837
|44.94%
|-
|2
|Grzegorz Wolnik
|Civic Coalition
|25,538
|39.79%
|-
|3
|Paweł Helis
|[[Silesians Together]]
|9,799
|15.27%
|-
|
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''
|'''64,174'''
|'''100%'''
|}