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2005 Polish presidential election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Poland |
| type | presidential |
| previous_election | 2000 Polish presidential election |
| previous_year | 2000 |
| next_election | 2010 Polish presidential election |
| next_year | 2010 |
| election_date | 9 October 2005 (first round) |
| 23 October 2005 (second round) | |
| turnout | 49.72% (first round) 11.36pp |
| 50.98% (second round) | |
| image1 | |
| nominee1 | **Lech Kaczyński** |
| party1 | Law and Justice |
| color1 | 00a1b0 |
| popular_vote1 | **8,257,468** |
| percentage1 | **54.04%** |
| image2 | |
| nominee2 | Donald Tusk |
| party2 | Civic Platform |
| popular_vote2 | 7,022,319 |
| percentage2 | 45.96% |
| map_image | |
| title | President |
| before_election | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
| before_party | Independent politician |
| after_election | Lech Kaczyński |
| after_party | Law and Justice |
23 October 2005 (second round) 50.98% (second round)
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.
Background
Two center-right candidates, Donald Tusk, chairman of the Civic Platform (PO) and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, and Lech Kaczyński, honorary chairman of Law and Justice (PiS) and mayor of Warsaw, led the poll in the first round, as was widely expected. As neither received 50 percent of the vote, a second-round was held on 23 October. In this round, Kaczyński defeated Tusk, polling 54.04 percent of the vote.
Although both leading candidates came from the center-right, and their two parties had planned to form a coalition government following the legislative elections on 25 September, there were important differences between Tusk and Kaczyński. Tusk wanted to enforce separation of church and state, favored rapid European integration and supported a free-market economy. Kaczyński was very socially conservative, a soft Eurosceptic, and supported state interventionism. Such differences led to the failure of PiS-PO coalition talks in late October.
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the candidate of the Alliance of the Democratic Left, which was the governing party before the legislative election withdrew from the race on September 14. At the time he withdrew he was third in the polls, still having the most chances to get to the second round (besides Kaczyński and Tusk).
Other candidates, who withdrew from the elections, but initially have signed to, were Zbigniew Religa and Maciej Giertych. Daniel Tomasz Podrzycki, who had also signed, died in an accident before the elections.
Ten people had registered themselves in election procedure, but failed to gather 100,000 support signatures: Arnold Buzdygan, Stanisław Ceberek, Gabriel Janowski, Jan Antoni Kiełb, Waldemar Janusz Kossakowski, Marian Romuald Rembelski, Zbigniew Roliński, Sławomir Salomon, Maria Szyszkowska, Bolesław Tejkowski.
The figure of Józef Tusk, grandfather of incumbent Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, was in the center of the "Wehrmacht affair" over his brief period of service after being drafted into the German army during the late stages of World War II, which was the biggest controversy of the election.
Candidates
File:Henryka Bochniarz official photo.JPG|Former Minister of Industry and Trade Henryka Bochniarz (Independent), 57 File:Marek Borowski Kancelaria Senatu 2015.jpg|Former Marshall of the Sejm Marek Borowski (SDPL), 59 File:Leszek Bubel.JPG|Former Member of the Sejm Leszek Bubel (Polish National Party), 48 File:Amerykanski adwokat USA Liviusz Ilasz.jpg|Lawyer Liwiusz Ilasz (Independent), 43 File:Lech Kaczyński.jpg|Mayor of Warsaw Lech Kaczyński (Law and Justice), 56 File:Kalinowski, Jaroslaw-2504.jpg|Former Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kalinowski (PSL), 43 File:Korwin.png|Former Member of the Sejm Janusz Korwin-Mikke (Real Politics Union), 63 File:Andrzej Lepper in March 2007.png|Former Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Andrzej Lepper (Self-Defense), 51 File:Adam Słomka Sejm 2016.jpg|Former Member of the Sejm Adam Słomka (Polish Confederation), 41 File:Donald Tusk (6165309851) (cropped).jpg|Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Donald Tusk (Civic Platform), 48 File:Stan Tyminski.jpg|Businessman Stanisław Tymiński (Independent), 57
- Physician Jan Pyszko (Polish League), 75
Withdrawn
File:Zbigniew Religa Kancelaria Senatu Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej V kadencji.jpg|Senator Zbigniew Religa (Centre Party), 66 Endorsed Donald Tusk File:Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (senator).jpg|Marshal of the Sejm Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Democratic Left Alliance), 55 File:Maciej Giertych MEP (2012).jpg|MEP Maciej Giertych (League of Polish Families, 69 Didn't endorse any candidate
Dead
- Journalist Daniel Podrzycki (Polish Labour Party), 42
Opinion polls
Graphical summary
First round
| Pollster | Date of polling | Kaczyński | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PiS | Tusk | |||||||||||||||||||
| PO | Lepper | |||||||||||||||||||
| SRP | Borowski | |||||||||||||||||||
| SDPL | Kalinowski | |||||||||||||||||||
| PSL | Korwin-Mikke | |||||||||||||||||||
| UPR | Bochniarz | |||||||||||||||||||
| PD | Religa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Centrum | Cimoszewicz | |||||||||||||||||||
| SLD | Giertych | |||||||||||||||||||
| LPR | Others | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civic Platform}};" | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland}};" | Social Democracy of Poland}};" | Polish People's Party}};" | Real Politics Union}};" | Democratic Party – demokraci.pl}};" | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}};" | League of Polish Families}};" | |||||||||||||
| **Election results** | **9 October 2005** | **33.10** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **36.33** | **15.11** | **10.33** | **1.80** | **1.43** | **1.26** | **-** | **-** | **-** | **0.70** | |||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3280) | 1–3 October 2005 | **35** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **40** | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | |||||||
| [PGB](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-10-02:_Sondaż_PGB:_Tusk_pierwszy,_Kaczyński_4_procent_głosów_mniej) | 30 September 2005 | **31** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **35** | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3271) | 14–18 September 2005 | **26** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **44** | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rzeczpospolita | 17 September 2005 | 29 | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **51** | 7 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| [PBS](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-09-15:_Sondaż_PBS:_Po_rezygnacji_Cimoszewicza_Tusk_może_liczyć_na_49%25_głosów) | 15 September 2005 | **22** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **49** | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Polityka | 13 September 2005 | **22** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **43** | 10 | - | 17 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| [Ipsos](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-08-18:_Wybory_prezydenckie:_Kaczyński_i_Tusk_po_24%25_poparcia_w_sondażu_IPSOS) | 9 August 2005 | **24** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **24** | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| [OBOP](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-08-18:_Pierwsza_trójka_w_sondażu_OBOP_-_Cimoszewicz,_Tusk,_Kaczyński) | 8 August 2005 | 21 | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **23** | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **26** | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| [PBS](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-08-08:_Wybory_prezydenckie:_Wzrost_poparcia_dla_Tuska,_Cimoszewicz_wciąż_na_czele) | 8 August 2005 | **20** | 19 | 14 | 3 | 9 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **23** | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3259) | 5–8 August 2005 | **21** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **22** | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | 21 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| [PGB](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-07-13:_Kaczyński_niemal_równo_z_Cimoszewiczem_w_najnowszym_sondażu_PGB) | 13 July 2005 | **22** | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **23** | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| [OBOP](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-07-11:_CBOS-PiS_na_czele,_OBOP-Cimoszewicz_nie_traci) | 11 July 2005 | **19** | 12 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 12 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **35** | 2.4 | 4.3 | |||||||||
| [Gazeta Wyborcza](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-07-06:_Cimoszewicz_prowadzi_w_trzecim_sondażu_prezydenckim) | 6 July 2005 | **18** | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **29** | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3239) | 1–4 July 2005 | **20** | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 13 | Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)}}; color:white;" | **31** | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3222) | 3–6 June 2005 | **25** | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | **23** | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| [PBS](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-05-13:_Lech_Kaczyński_i_PO_zwycięzcami_majowych_sondaży_przedwyborczych) | 13 May 2005 | **27** | 14 | 9 | **16** | 15 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3207) | 6–9 May 2005 | **22** | 13 | 14 | 10 | **15** | 14 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||
| [OBOP](https://public.kantarpolska.com/archiwumraportow/2005/05/09/prezydent-2005/) | 5–9 May 2005 | **13** | 8 | 8 | 6 | **10** | 9 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||
| [PGB](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-05-02:_Tusk_ogłasza_zamiar_kandydowania,_LPR_decyzję_podejmie_w_czerwcu) | 2 May 2005 | **23** | Civic Platform}}; color:black;" | **13** | Social Democracy of Poland}}; color:white;" | **13** | 10 | 9 | 10 | 22 | ||||||||||
| [Pentor](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-04-25:_Nowy_sondaż_Pentora_daje_zwycięstwo_PO,_CBOS_wskazuje_na_przewagę_Religi) | 25 April 2005 | **21** | 9 | 13 | 9 | **22** | 15 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| PBS | 22 April 2005 | **26** | 11 | 11 | 12 | **16** | 14 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| [PGB](https://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/2005-04-20:_Sondaż_prezydencki_PGB_daje_zwycięstwo_L._Kaczyńskiemu) | 20 April 2005 | **24** | 13 | 13 | Social Democracy of Poland}}; color:white;" | **14** | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3194) | 1-2, 9–10 April 2005 | **21** | 9 | 13 | 9 | **22** | 15 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| [CBOS](https://www.cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=3179) | 4–7 March 2005 | 4 | 2 | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland}}" | **6** | 4 | **8** | 4 | 2 | 70 |
Results
Voter turnout in the first round was low with only 49.7% of all eligible voters casting their votes.
Notes
References
References
- {{in lang. pl Barbara Szczepuła, ''[http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/dziadek_z_wehrmachtu_8211_jozef_tusk_i_inni_3469.html Józef Tusk i inni]'', Dziennik Bałtycki, 2006-08-04
- (2007-10-22). "Europe | Profile: Donald Tusk". BBC News.
- {{in lang. pl ''[http://www.wprost.pl/ar/93897/Raport-o-dziadku-z-Wehrmachtu/ Raport o dziadku z Wehrmachtu]'', [[Wprost]], 2006-08-17
- "Religa zrezygnował, Tusk wzmocniony".
- "Maciej Giertych zrezygnował".
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070211071631/http://prezydent2005.pkw.gov.pl/PZT/PL/WYN/W/index.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20071229034056/http://www.wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl/PZT1/PL/WYN/W/index.htm
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