Polish presidential election, 1995

Polish presidential election, 1995

1990 ← 5 November 1995 (first round) 19 November 1995 (second round) → 2000

Turnout 64.7% (first round) 68.2% (second round)   Nominee Aleksander Kwaśniewski Lech Wałęsa Party SLD Independent Popular vote 9,704,439 9,058,176 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%

Second round results by voivodeship

President before election Lech Wałęsa Independent President Aleksander Kwaśniewski SLD

Lech Wałęsa
Independent

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
SLD

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November.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.

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.

Former Chairman of Social Democracy Aleksander Kwaśniewski

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