1995 Polish Presidential Election
5 November and 19 November 1995 · The direct-election era · two-round vote
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November. The leader of Social Democracy, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa advanced to the second round.
President before
Lech Wałęsa
Independent
Elected President
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
SdRP
Winning share
51.7%
second round
Turnout
64.7%
second round 68.2%
The result
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Democratic Left Alliance (SdRP) | 6 275 670 | 35.11% | 9 704 439 | 51.72% |
| Lech Wałęsa | Independent | 5 917 328 | 33.11% | 9 058 176 | 48.28% |
| Jacek Kuroń | Freedom Union | 1 646 946 | 9.22% | — | — |
| Jan Olszewski | Movement for the Republic | 1 225 453 | 6.86% | — | — |
| Waldemar Pawlak | Polish People's Party | 770 419 | 4.31% | — | — |
| Tadeusz Zieliński | Labor Union | 631 432 | 3.53% | — | — |
| Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz | Independent | 492 628 | 2.76% | — | — |
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Real Politics Union | 428 969 | 2.40% | — | — |
| Andrzej Lepper | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 235 797 | 1.32% | — | — |
| Jan Pietrzak | Independent | 201 033 | 1.12% | — | — |
| Tadeusz Koźluk | Independent | 27 259 | 0.15% | — | — |
| Kazimierz Piotrowicz | Independent | 12 591 | 0.07% | — | — |
| Leszek Bubel | Independent | 6825 | 0.04% | — | — |