1990 Polish Presidential Election
Wałęsa's election25 November and 9 December 1990 · The direct-election era · two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 25 November 1990, with a second round on 9 December. They were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Poland, and the first free presidential elections since the May Coup of 1926.
President before
Wojciech Jaruzelski
PZPR
Elected President
Lech Wałęsa
KO "S"
Winning share
74.3%
second round
Turnout
60.6%
second round 53.4%
The result
| Lech Wałęsa | Solidarity (PC faction) | 6 569 889 | 39.96% | 10 622 696 | 74.25% |
| Stanisław Tymiński | Independent | 3 797 605 | 23.10% | 3 683 098 | 25.75% |
| Tadeusz Mazowiecki | Solidarity (ROAD and FPD factions) | 2 973 264 | 18.08% | — | — |
| Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland | 1 514 025 | 9.21% | — | — |
| Roman Bartoszcze | Polish People's Party | 1 176 175 | 7.15% | — | — |
| Leszek Moczulski | Confederation of Independent Poland | 411 516 | 2.50% | — | — |