1995 Polish presidential election

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Turnout 64.70% (first round)
68.23% (second round)
  Aleksander Kwasniewski (cropped).jpg File:Lech Wałęsa prezydent RP (cropped).jpg
Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Wałęsa
Party Democratic Left Alliance (Poland) Independent
Popular vote 9,704,439 9,058,176
Percentage 51.72% 48.28%
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Second round results by voivodeship
President before election

Lech Wałęsa
Independent

 President

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)

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Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November.[1] The leader of Social Democracy, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa advanced to the second round. Kwaśniewski won the election with 52% of the vote in the run-off against 48% for Wałęsa.

Background

The two favorites throughout the course of the campaign were the leader of the post-communist SLD Aleksander Kwaśniewski and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa. Kwaśniewski ran a campaign of change and blamed the economic problems in Poland on the post-Solidarity right. His campaign slogan was "Let's choose the future" (Wybierzmy przyszłość). Political opponents challenged his candidacy, 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 penalize him for it, judging the information irrelevant to the election result. Meanwhile, Wałęsa was a very unpopular President and some opinion polls even showed that he might not make it into the second round. He was challenged by other post-Solidarity politicians of all sides of the political spectrum ranging from liberal former Minister of Labour and Social Policy Jacek Kuroń to ultraconservative former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski. Rather than focusing on his presidency, he focused on his personal image as an everyday man turned international hero that was created for him while he was chairman of Solidarity. His campaign slogan was "There are many candidates but there is only one Lech Wałęsa" (Kandydatów jest wielu – Lech Wałęsa tylko jeden).

Candidates

  • Jurist Tadeusz Koźluk (Independent), 65
  • Mechanic Kazimierz Piotrowicz (Independent), 51

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  • Lech Kaczyński cropped.png

    Former Chairman of the Supreme Audit Office Lech Kaczyński (Centre Agreement), 46

  • Marek.Markiewicz.JPG

    Former Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council Marek Markiewicz (The Republicans), 43

  • Moczulski Leszek 2009.jpg

    Journalist Leszek Moczulski (KPN), 65

  • Businessman Bogdan Pawłowski (Independent), 50

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.

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Winners of the first round by voivodeship
File:Wybory prezydenckie w Polsce w 1995 w powiatach.png
Winners of the second round by powiats (in 1999 borders)

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1491 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  • 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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