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% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 16,442,574 100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2nd round => turn-out: 53,4% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lech Wałęsa NSZZ "Solidarność" 10,622,696 74.25 Stanisław Tymiński 3,683,098 25.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 14,305,794 100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] References
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 26 XI 1990 r., Dziennik Ustaw. Nr 83, poz. 483;
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 10 XII 1990 r., Dz.U. Nr 85, poz. 499
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