Polish presidential election, 1995
Polish presidential election, 1995 (Round 2)
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1995 Presidential elections were held in Poland on Sunday November 5 (first round), and Sunday November 19 (second round). 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
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.
First round
| Candidate |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
SLD |
6,275,670 |
35.11 |
| Lech Wałęsa |
- |
5,917,328 |
33.11 |
| Jacek Kuroń |
UW |
1,646,946 |
9.22 |
| Jan Olszewski |
RdR |
1,225,453 |
6.86 |
| Waldemar Pawlak |
PSL |
770,419 |
4.31 |
| Tadeusz Zieliński |
UP |
631,432 |
3.53 |
| Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz |
- |
492,628 |
2.76 |
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke |
UPR |
428,969 |
2.40 |
| Andrzej Lepper |
Samoobrona |
235,797 |
1.32 |
| Jan Pietrzak |
- |
201,033 |
1.12 |
| Tadeusz Koźluk |
- |
27,259 |
0.15 |
| Kazimierz Piotrowicz |
- |
12,591 |
0.07 |
| Leszek Bubel |
- |
6,825 |
0.04 |
| Total |
- |
- |
100.00 |
Second round
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