Marcin Maranda

He graduated from the Faculty of History at the Jan Długosz University.^[1]

In 2006, he joined the local center-right social initiative ''The Local Government Community of Tadeusz Wrona''. In the local elections in 2006 and 2010 he was elected a councilor of Częstochowa City Council from the list of this association.^[2][3] Then he left it and created in 2014 his own association ''Residents of Częstochowa''. His association won 13.69% and 4 seats in the local government elections in 2014 to the Częstochowa City Council.^[4] Maranda won the councilor's mandate and in the elections for the President of Częstochowa he reached the result of 15.62% of the votes, taking third place after Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk and Artur Warzocha.^[5] He became the vice-chairman of Częstochowa City Council,^[1] entering into a coalition with PO and SLD. In 2015, he started to the Senate from the Częstochowa district, winning 15.18% of the vote and taking third place after Arthur Warzocha and Andrzej Szewiński.^[6] In the local elections in 2018, his association suffered defeat in the elections to the Częstochowa City Council, gaining 7.67% and no mandate.^[7] Maranda again took third place in the elections for the President of Czestochowa, but with a worse result - 6.17% of votes.^[8]

He is the leader of the ''Local Association''.^[1]