2005 Polish presidential election

2005 Polish presidential election

← 2000 9 October 2005 (first round) 23 October 2005 (second round) 2010 →
Turnout	49.72% (first round) 11.36pp 50.98% (second round)
Nominee Lech Kaczyński Donald Tusk Party PiS PO Popular vote 8,257,468 7,022,319 Percentage 54.04% 45.96%
Results of the second round
President before election Aleksander Kwaśniewski Independent Elected President Lech Kaczyński PiS

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Presidential elections were held in Poland on 9 October and 23 October 2005. The outgoing President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, had served two five-year terms and was unable to stand for a third term. Lech Kaczyński defeated Donald Tusk to become President of Poland.

The election took place just a month after PiS also defeated Tusk's Civic Platform in the parliamentary elections.