N15 ranking implemented by the editors of the weekly "Newsweek" is a plebiscite in which votes for each other they give the presidents of the cities themselves. During the gala held on the 17th october in Poznań prestigious awards in the ranking were presented Presidents of N15 Cities. Among the winners was the president of Ełk Tomasz Andrukiewicz, who took 13th place.

Among the winners were: Ryszard Brejza Mayor of Inowrocław, Jacek Sutryk Mayor of Wrocław, Beata Moskal-Słaniewska Mayor of Świdnica, Anna Mieczkowska Mayor of Kołobrzeg, Wojciech Bakun, Mayor of Przemyśl, Tadeusz Truskolaski, Mayor of Białystok, Beata Klimek Mayor of Ostrów Wielkopolski, Jakub Banaszek President Chełma, Krzysztof Kosiński Mayor of Ciechanów, Jarosław Górczyński President Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz Mayor of Gdańsk, Roman Szełemej Mayor of Wałbrzych, Tomasz Andrukiewicz Mayor of Ełk, Anna Hetman President of Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Ludomir Handzel, Mayor of Nowy Sącz.

The voting process was supervised by chapter composed of:

• Professor Grzegorz Gorzelak from the University Warsaw
• Cezary Trutkowski, PhD, President of the Management Board of the Foundation development of local democracy,
• Andrzej Porawski, PhD, Director of the Association's Office Polish cities,
• Dariusz Ćwiklak, Deputy Editor-in-Chief "Newsweek",
• Konrad Sadurski, head of Newsweek's Business Department.

"Newsweek" for the first time conducted a ranking of the best presidents of Polish cities in 2008.

This is the sixth distinction President of Ełk in the N15 ranking. Previous awards were given
in the years: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021.