1995 Polish presidential election

1995 Polish presidential election

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Turnout64.70% (first round) Increase4.07pp
68.23% (second round) Increase14.83pp
 
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Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Wałęsa
Party SdRP Independent[a]
Popular vote 9,704,439 9,058,176
Percentage 51.72% 48.28%


President before election

Lech Wałęsa
Independent

Elected President

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
SdRP

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.


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