2005 Polish Presidential Election
9 October and 23 October 2005 · The direct-election era · two-round vote
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.
President before
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Independent
Elected President
Lech Kaczyński
PiS
Winning share
54.0%
second round
Turnout
49.7%
second round 51.0%
The result
| Lech Kaczyński | Law and Justice | 4 947 927 | 33.10% | 8 257 468 | 54.04% |
| Donald Tusk | Civic Platform | 5 429 666 | 36.33% | 7 022 319 | 45.96% |
| Andrzej Lepper | Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland | 2 259 094 | 15.11% | — | — |
| Marek Borowski | Social Democracy of Poland | 1 544 642 | 10.33% | — | — |
| Jarosław Kalinowski | Polish People's Party | 269 316 | 1.80% | — | — |
| Janusz Korwin-Mikke | Real Politics Union | 214 116 | 1.43% | — | — |
| Henryka Bochniarz | Democratic Party | 188 598 | 1.26% | — | — |
| Liwiusz Ilasz | Independent | 31 691 | 0.21% | — | — |
| Stanisław Tymiński | All-Polish Citizens Coalition | 23 545 | 0.16% | — | — |
| Leszek Bubel | Polish National Party | 18 828 | 0.13% | — | — |
| Jan Pyszko | Organisation of the Polish Nation – Polish League | 10 371 | 0.07% | — | — |
| Adam Słomka | Polish Confederation – Dignity and Work | 8895 | 0.06% | — | — |