Polish presidential election, 1990

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Presidential elections were held in Poland on Sunday November 25 (first round), and Sunday December 9, 1990 (second round). 60.6% of citizens cast their votes during the first round, 98.5% of those were valid. 53.4% of citizens cast their vote during the second round, 97.7% of those were valid.

These were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Poland. Before World War 2 president was elected by Sejm, and after WW2 this office was abolished in 1952.

The main favourites were the leader of Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa and the first non-communist Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Unexpectedly, the Wałęsa's countercandidate in the 2nd round was Canadian businessman of Polish origin Stanisław Tymiński. Eventually, he lost this round, tried to establish a new political party, but very quickly disappeared from the political scene in Poland.

1st round => turn-out: 60,6%
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Candidate                     Party                 Votes       %
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Lech Wałęsa             NSZZ "Solidarność"      6,569,889    39.96 
Stanisław Tymiński                              3,797,605    23.10 
Tadeusz Mazowiecki                              2,973,364    18.08
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz       SdRP              1,514,025     9.21
Roman Bartoszcze              PSL               1,176,175     7.15
Leszek Moczulski              KPN                 411,516     2.50
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Total                                          16,442,574   100.00
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2nd round => turn-out: 53,4%
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Candidate                     Party                 Votes       %
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Lech Wałęsa             NSZZ "Solidarność"     10,622,696    74.25 
Stanisław Tymiński                              3,683,098    25.75 
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Total                                          14,305,794   100.00
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