Polish presidential election, 1995

Polish presidential election, 1995

5 November 1995 (first round) 19 November 1995 (second round)

Turnout 64.7% (first round) 68.2% (second round)   Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Wałęsa Party SLD Independent Popular vote 9,704,439 9,058,176 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%

Second round results by voivodeship

President before election Lech Wałęsa Independent President Aleksander Kwaśniewski SLD

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Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November.^[1] Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Lech Wałęsa passed to the second round. Kwaśniewski won the election, collecting 51.7 percent of votes in the run-off, against 48.3 percent for Lech Wałęsa, the former Solidarity leader.

Background

Kwaśniewski's campaign slogans were "Let's choose the future" (Wybierzmy przyszłość) and "A Poland for all" (Wspólna Polska). Political opponents disputed his victory, and produced evidence to show that he had lied about his education in registration documents and public presentations. There was also some mystery over his graduation from university. A law court confirmed that Kwaśniewski had lied about his record, but did not penalise him for it, judging the information irrelevant to the election result.

Candidates

• 
  Former Chair of Social Democracy Aleksander Kwaśniewski
• 
  Activist Andrzej Lepper
• 
  Chairman of Unia Polityki Realnej Janusz Korwin-Mikke
• 
  Former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski
• 
  Former Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak
• 
  Former Chairman of the Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa

• Activist Leszek Bubel
• Activist Tadeusz Koźluk
• Comedian Jan Pietrzak
• Activist Kazimierz Piotrowicz

Results

Kwaśniewski won with 51.7 percent of votes in the run-off. 64.7% of citizens cast their votes during the first round, 98.2% of those were valid. 68.2% of citizens cast their vote during the second round, 98.0% of those were valid.

Winners of the first round by voivodeship

References

• Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 7 XI 1995 r., Dziennik Ustaw Nr 126, poz. 604;
• Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 7 XI 1995 r., Dz.U. Nr 131, poz. 636

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History of the Third Polish Republic
1990–1995 Wałęsa Presidency	Round Table Agreement 1990 presidential election 1991 parliamentary election 1993 parliamentary election
1995–2005 Kwaśniewski Presidency	1995 presidential election 1996 enfranchisement and privatisation referendums 1997 Constitution 1997 parliamentary election 2000 presidential election 2001 parliamentary election Rywin affair 2003 invasion of Iraq EU membership referendum Accession to the EU
2005–2010 Kaczyński Presidency	2005 parliamentary election 2005 presidential election 2007 parliamentary election Smolensk Air Crash
2010–2015 Komorowski Presidency	2010 presidential election 2011 parliamentary election Euro 2012 2015 presidential election
2015-present Duda Presidency	2015 parliamentary election 2015 referendum 2015 constitutional crisis