2020 Polish presidential election

2020 Polish presidential election

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Turnout64.51% (first round) Increase15.55pp
68.18% (second round) Increase12.84pp
 
Nominee Andrzej Duda Rafał Trzaskowski
Party Independent[a] KO
Popular vote 10,440,648 10,018,263
Percentage 51.03% 48.97%

Second round results by powiat

President before election

Andrzej Duda
Independent

Elected President

Andrzej Duda
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of Law and Justice,[1] faced off against Civic Platform vice-chairman and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. Results from the second round of voting, announced by the National Electoral Commission (PKW) on 13 July, indicated that Andrzej Duda had won re-election with 51.03% compared to Rafał Trzaskowski's 48.97%.[2]

The first round of voting was due to be held on 10 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. On 6 May 2020, the Agreement party, which was in a governing alliance with the leading Law and Justice party and was opposed to pursuing the original election date, reached an arrangement to set new dates for the election. The following day, the PKW declared that the election would not be able to take place on 10 May 2020. On 3 June 2020, the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, ordered the first round of the election to be held on 28 June 2020 and scheduled the second round on 12 July 2020.[3][4]

According to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the public broadcaster TVP "failed in its legal duty to provide balanced and impartial coverage" and "acted as a campaign vehicle for the incumbent".[5]


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  1. ^ Strybel, Robert (10 June 2020). "Poland to elect next president on June 28". ampoleagle.com.
  2. ^ Polish Elections to the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland 2019
  3. ^ "Wybory prezydenckie odbędą się 28 czerwca - podała marszałek Sejmu". msn.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek podała termin wyborów prezydenckich". TVN24.pl. 2 June 2020. Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek poinformowała w środę, że wybory prezydenckie w 2020 roku odbędą się 28 czerwca.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ODIHR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).