2000 Polish presidential election

2000 Polish presidential election

8 October 2000
Turnout61.08% ( 3.62pp)
 
Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Andrzej Olechowski
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 9,485,224 3,044,141
Percentage 53.90% 17.30%

 
Nominee Marian Krzaklewski Jarosław Kalinowski
Party AWS PSL
Popular vote 2,739,621 1,047,949
Percentage 15.57% 5.95%

Results by powiat

President before election

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent

Elected President

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 8 October 2000. Incumbent President Aleksander Kwaśniewski was easily re-elected in the first round with more than 50% of the vote, the only time a direct presidential election in Poland has not gone to a second round. Kwaśniewski would be the last president to be re-elected until Andrzej Duda in 2020.