2000 Polish Presidential Election
8 October 2000 · The direct-election era
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 8 October 2000. Incumbent President Aleksander Kwaśniewski was easily re-elected in the first round with more than 50% of the vote, the only time a direct presidential election in Poland has not gone to a second round.
President before
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent
President (re-elected)
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent
Winning share
53.9%
Turnout
61.1%
The result
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Independent (SLD) | 9 485 224 | 53.90% |
| Andrzej Olechowski | Independent (SKL) | 3 044 141 | 17.30% |
| Marian Krzaklewski | Solidarity Electoral Action | 2 739 621 | 15.57% |
| Jarosław Kalinowski | Polish People's Party | 1 047 949 | 5.95% |
| Andrzej Lepper | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 537 570 | 3.05% |
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Real Politics Union | 252 499 | 1.43% |
| Lech Wałęsa | Christian Democracy of the Third Polish Republic | 178 590 | 1.01% |
| Jan Łopuszański | Polish Agreement | 139 682 | 0.79% |
| Dariusz Grabowski | Coalition for Poland | 89 002 | 0.51% |
| Piotr Ikonowicz | Polish Socialist Party | 38 672 | 0.22% |
| Tadeusz Wilecki | National Party | 28 805 | 0.16% |
| Bogdan Pawłowski | Independent | 17 164 | 0.10% |