2005 Polish presidential election

2005 Polish presidential election
9 October 2005 (first round)
23 October 2005 (second round)
Turnout49.72% (first round) 11.36pp
50.98% (second round)
 
Nominee Lech Kaczyński Donald Tusk
Party PiS PO
Popular vote 8,257,468 7,022,319
Percentage 54.04% 45.96%
President before election

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent

 Elected President

Lech Kaczyński
PiS

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 9 October and 23 October 2005. The outgoing President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, had served the two five-year terms allowed under the constitution and was unable to stand for a third term. Lech Kaczyński defeated Donald Tusk to become President of Poland.

The election took place just a month after Kaczyński's Law and Justice party also defeated Tusk's Civic Platform in the parliamentary elections.

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