Lokalna scena polityczna w Stargardzie Szczecińskim u progu kadencji 2014–2018

In 2014 in all communes (except for cities with county rights) councillors were elected in single-member constituencies for the first time. This type of electoral system was intended to help small committees (without such potential as political parties) to participate in elections. Supporters of single-member constituencies hoped that it would lead to stronger bonds between future councillors and their constituents, as well as weaken the strong executive bodies’ position. The purpose of this paper is to present the local political scene in Stargard Szczeciński in relation to the expectations mentioned hereinabove. The author describes the distribution of seats in the city council. Moreover, the author presents an analysis indicating that local committees did not manage to weaken the president’s position and change the local political scene, despite gaining seats for their representatives in the legislative body.