Following analysis describes the influence of party identification on the results of local presidential election in selected polish cities. Comparison of election results let us estimate the predominance of previous city presidents, who run for the re-election. Based on detailed analysis of particular presidential candidates, we can mark out four groups of winners – candidates with party support, who run for this office first time, party candidates, who used to hold the presidential office, previous presidents compete for re-election with all- polish party candidates. The last group of winners consists of the candidates, partially supported by at least one of political party. It is crucial to remember that, the situation of mentioned groups of candidates is different.