2020 Polish presidential election

2020 Polish presidential election
	28 June 2020 (first round); 12 July 2020 (second round)
Turnout	64.51% (first round); 67.67% (second round, 9 p.m.)
Reporting	99.97%as of 13 July @ 8:00 UTC+2
President before election; Andrzej Duda; Independent	Elected President ; Andrzej Duda; Independent (Politician)

The 2020 Polish presidential elections were due to be held on 10 May 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.[1][2]

The conservative incumbent president Andrzej Duda is eligible for reelection.[3]

Duda faced off in the second round against Civic Platform Candidate, Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski after first round results showed Duda with 43.5% of the vote and Trzaskowski with 30.5%. In the second round, Duda won re-election after winning 51% of the vote to Trzaskowski's 48%.

Opinion polls

First round

2020 Polish presidential election polls for the first round.

Second round

2020 Polish presidential election polls for the second round.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Andrzej Duda	Independent (PiS)	8,450,513	43.50	10,394,843	51.22
	Rafał Trzaskowski	Civic Platform	5,917,340	30.46	9,901,371	48.78
	Szymon Hołownia	Independent	2,693,397	13.87
	Krzysztof Bosak	Confederation (RN)	1,317,380	6.78
	Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz	Polish People's Party	459,365	2.36
	Robert Biedroń	Spring	432,129	2.22
	Stanisław Żółtek	Congress of the New Right	45,419	0.23
	Marek Jakubiak	Federation for the Republic	33,652	0.17
	Paweł Tanajno	Independent	27,909	0.14
	Waldemar Witkowski	Labour Union	27,290	0.14
	Mirosław Piotrowski	Real Europe Movement	21,065	0.11
Invalid/blank votes			58,301	–		–
Total			19,483,760	100		100
Registered voters/turnout			30,204,792	64.51
Source: PKW, PKW, PKW

Notes

The President of Poland is by law required to resign from party membership after taking office. Although Duda is officially an independent, his campaign is endorsed and funded by Law and Justice.

References

"Wybory prezydenckie odbędą się 28 czerwca - podała marszałek Sejmu". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
"Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek podała termin wyborów prezydenckich". TVN24.pl. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020. Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek poinformowała w środę, że wybory prezydenckie w 2020 roku odbędą się 28 czerwca.
Strybel, Robert (June 10, 2020). "Poland to elect next president on June 28". ampoleagle.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.

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[nb-1] The President of Poland is by law required to resign from party membership after taking office. Although Duda is officially an independent, his campaign is endorsed and funded by Law and Justice.

[2] "Wybory prezydenckie odbędą się 28 czerwca - podała marszałek Sejmu". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

[TVN24_elections_date-3] "Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek podała termin wyborów prezydenckich". TVN24.pl. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020. Marszałek Sejmu Elżbieta Witek poinformowała w środę, że wybory prezydenckie w 2020 roku odbędą się 28 czerwca.

[4] Strybel, Robert (June 10, 2020). "Poland to elect next president on June 28". ampoleagle.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.