1995 Polish presidential election

1995 Polish presidential election
5 November 1995 (first round)
19 November 1995 (second round)
Turnout64.70% (first round) 4.07pp
68.23% (second round) 14.83pp
 
Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Wałęsa
Party SdRP Independent
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. 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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