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New electoral law has been in force in Poland since 2011. Analysis of the change of electoral law and electoral system is a key issue in this study and it includes earlier elec-tions. In a chronological perspective this study cover years 2006 – 2014. An author has highlighted several variables that have severe impact on political life of local communi-ties. Thus study is focused on: political interest of Civic Platform (PO) in changing electoral system; frequency of elections; representative level of citizens in community board – town councils; concentration of power by wining committees, rise of ineffective votes. As a result of conducted analysis and synthesis earlier unknown phenomenon was indicated – a correlation of high importance was traced between the average number of citizen per one candidate and the level of power concentration by wining committee.