Presidential elections were held in Poland on 5 November 1995, with a second round on 19 November. The leader of Social Democracy, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa advanced to the second round. Kwaśniewski won the election with 52% of the vote in the run-off against 48% for Wałęsa.
Background
Wałęsa's inauguration
Lech Wałęsa was elected and sworn in as President in December 1990, succeeding Wojciech Jaruzelski and leading to the ultimate end of communist rule in Poland. Soon after his inauguration, Wałęsa's presently primary rival Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki resigned and was followed by Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, a liberal and economist relatively loyal to Wałęsa. Regardless of the cabinet changes, Bielecki's time as Prime Minister would largely follow the course set by his predecessor.
Candidate selection
Registered candidates
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width: 115px;" | Name
! style="width: 145px;" | Born
! style="width: 425px;", class="unsortable" | Last position/job
! style="width: 215px;" colspan="2" | Party
! style="width: 215px;" colspan="2" | Endorsed by
|-
| data-sort-value="Kwaśniewski, Aleksander" | Aleksander Kwaśniewski
| (40)<br>Białogard, Koszalin Voivodeship
| Member of the Sejm (1989–1995)<br />Chairman of Social Democracy (1990–1995)
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Social Democracy
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Left Alliance
|-
| data-sort-value="Wałęsa, Lech" rowspan="10" | Lech Wałęsa
| rowspan="10" | (52)<br>Popowo, General Government
| rowspan="10" | President of Poland (1990–1995)
| rowspan="10"
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="10" | Independent
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Confederation of Independent Poland
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Party of Christian Democrats
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Polish People's Party – Peasants' Agreement
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Movement for the Republic – Patriotic Camp
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" | Solidarity A poll conducted in December 1994 suggested 71% of potential SLD voters supported Kwaśniewski as the party's candidate, 7% supported Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz and 16% supported Oleksy.
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms
Lech Wałęsa was endorsed by the Bloc. Besides his own party, Wałęsa received the endorsement of other parties: a section of the ZChN endorsed him on 18 September, later joined by the rest of the party (though it didn't revoke its endorsement of their original candidate, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz) on 29 October.
Freedom Union
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! colspan="11" style="text-align:center; width:150px; font-size:120%; color:black;" |Potential candidates
|- style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" style="width:10em; font-size:120%; background:#2666AE; color:white;" |<small>Jacek Kuroń</small>
! scope="col" style="width:10em; font-size:120%; background:#2666AE; color:white;" |<small>Janusz Onyszkiewicz</small>
! scope="col" style="width:10em; font-size:120%; background:#2666AE; color:white;" |<small>Hanna Suchocka</small>
|- style="text-align:center"
|style="text-align:center"|
|style="text-align:center"|
|style="text-align:center"|
|- style="text-align:center"
| Minister of Labour and Social Policy<br />
| Minister of National Defence<br />
| Prime Minister of Poland<br />
|}
During the 2nd Congress of the Freedom Union, three candidates decided to enter the party's candidate selection process: Jacek Kuroń, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Hanna Suchocka. Suchocka, despite being the highest-ranking of the former three candidates, came last in the first round. The second round of voting saw Kuroń defeat Onyszkiewicz by a slight margin of 11 votes, and the former Minister of Labour became the party's official candidate for president. Strzembosz, alongside other activists of the right including Jan Olszewski, attempted to legitimise his candidacy at the Convent of St. Catherine. After its collapse in July, Jan Olszewski started an individual presidential campaign under his party, the Movement for the Republic, A poll conducted in December 1994 suggested 13% of potential voters for the extraparliamentary right supported Olszewski as the party's candidate, 11% supported Kaczyński and 6% supported Strzembosz. Another 9% supported right-libertarian Janusz Korwin-Mikke (UPR) and 8% supported Alicja Grześkowiak (PC).
Opinion polls
Graphical summary
thumb|1000px|centre| Graphical summary of the first round opinion polls:
First round
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:14px;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Polling firm/Link
! rowspan="2" |Fieldwork<br />date
! rowspan="2" |Sample<br />size
! Kwaśniewski<br />
! Wałęsa<br />
! Kuroń<br />
! Olszewski<br />
! Pawlak<br />
! Zieliński<br />
! Gronkiewicz-Waltz<br />
! Korwin-Mikke<br />
! Lepper<br />
! Pietrzak<br />
! rowspan="2" |Others
! rowspan="2" |Undecideds
! rowspan="2" |Lead
|-
| style="background:#E2001A;" |
| style="background:#A9A9A9;" |
| style="background:#2666AE;" |
| style="background:#D47034;" |
| style="background:#1BB100;" |
| style="background:#ED1C24;" |
| style="background:#295989;" |
| style="background:#151A3A;" |
| style="background:#FFCD1A;" |
| style="background:#A9A9A9;" |
|- style="background:#EFEFEF; font-weight:bold;"
| 1995 presidential election
| Election results
| 17,872,350
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 35.11
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 33.11
| 9.22
| 6.86
| 4.31
| 3.53
| 2.76
| 2.4
| 1.32
| 1.12
| 0.26
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 2.00
|-
| CBOS
| 26-29 Oct 1995
| 1,281
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 32
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 26
| 8
| 4
| 3
| 5
| 3
| 2
| 3
|
| 2
| 12
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 6
|-
| Demoskop
| 23-26 Oct 1995
| 995
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 26
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 24
| 8
| 4
| 3
| 6
| 5
|
| 2
|
|
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 2
|-
| Wprost
| 24 Oct 1995
|
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 34
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 24
| 11
| 4
| 6
| 7
| 7
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 10
|-
| CBOS
| 20-23 Oct 1995
| 1,311
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 27
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 23
| 8
| 5
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 12
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 4
|-
| CBOS
| 13-17 Oct 1995
| 1,167
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 27
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 22
| 7
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 15
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 5
|-
| style="background-color:#F2F2F2"|
| 15 Oct 1995
|
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 48.8
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 12.7
| 9.5
| 3.9
| 2.0
| 6.7
| 4.3
| 3.6
| 2.3
| 2.3
| 3.9
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 36.1
|-
| Demoskop
| 8-12 Oct 1995
| 996
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 28
| 15
| 15
|
|
|
| style="background:#5B8BBB; color:white;" | 17
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 11
|-
| CBOS
| 6-9 Oct 1995
| 1,126
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 27
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 17
| 6
| 6
| 5
| 10
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 10
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 10
|-
| OBOP
| 18 Sep 1995
|
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 26
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 12
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 11
| style="background:#5B8BBB; color:white;" | 12
|
|
|
| 4
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 14
|-
| style="background-color:#F2F2F2"|"Trybuna Śląska" Primary
| 14 Sep 1995
| 7,144
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 35.4
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 15.2
| 6.8
| 3.5
| 0.7
| 10.3
| 14.6
| 3
|
|
| 10.5
|
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 20.2
|-
| CBOS
| 8-11 Sep 1995
| 968
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 25
| style="background:#DBDBDB; color:black;" | 16
| 9
| 3
| 5
| 8
| style="background:#5B8BBB; color:white;" | 16
| 1
|
|
| 7
| 10
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 9
|-
| colspan="16" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Election called by Sejm Marshal Józef Zych (9 September 1995)
|-
| CBOS
| 1-4 Sep 1995
| 1,150
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 21
| 12
| 8
| 3
| 5
| 11
| style="background:#5B8BBB; color:white;" | 15
|
|
| 1
| 13
| 12
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 6
|-
| OBOP
| 28-29 Aug 1995
| 1,012
| style="background:#FF324C; color:white;" | 19
| 7
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 7
| style="background:#5B8BBB; color:white;" | 14
|
|
|
| 10
| 28
| style="background:#E2001A; color:white;" | 5
|-
| Wprost and second rounds
! rowspan="3" | Demographic
! colspan="2" | Second round
! rowspan="5" |
! colspan="13" | First round
|-
! style="width:60px;" | Kwaśniewski<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Wałęsa<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Kwaśniewski<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Wałesa<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Kuroń<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Olszewski<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Pawlak<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Zieliński<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Gronkiewicz-Waltz<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Korwin-Mikke<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Lepper<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Pietrzak<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Koźluk<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Piotrowicz<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Bubel<br>
|-
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
! style="background:" |
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|-
! Total vote
| | 51.72
| 48.28
| | 35.11
| | 33.11
| 9.22
| 6.82
| 4.31
| 3.53
| 2.76
| 2.40
| 1.32
| 1.12
| 0.15
| 0.07
| 0.04
|-
! Exit poll results
| | 51.3
| 48.7
| | 33.7
| | 33.1
| 10.0
| 7.0
| 3.7
| 3.7
| 3.0
| 2.8
| 1.0
| 1.0
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="101" | Sex
|-
! align="left" | Men
| | 51.9
| 48.1
! rowspan="2" |
| | 34.2
| | 32.0
| 9.6
| 7.7
| 4.2
| 3.3
| 2.2
| 3.5
| 1.1
| 1.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Women
| | 50.6
| 49.4
| | 33.2
| | 34.3
| 10.4
| 6.3
| 3.3
| 4.1
| 3.9
| 2.0
| 0.9
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="102" | Age
|-
! align="left" | 18–29 years
| | 54.0
| 46.0
! rowspan="5" |
| | 32.6
| | 28.9
| 12.7
| 6.0
| 3.2
| 3.3
| 4.6
| 5.6
| 1.1
| 1.2
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | 30–39 years
| | 51.0
| 49.0
| | 32.8
| | 31.6
| 10.6
| 7.5
| 4.0
| 3.6
| 3.1
| 3.3
| 1.2
| 1.5
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | 40–49 years
| | 54.2
| 45.8
| | 37.5
| | 30.5
| 9.7
| 7.6
| 3.5
| 3.9
| 2.4
| 2.1
| 1.0
| 1.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | 50–59 years
| 49.2
| | 50.8
| | 34.2
| | 37.2
| 8.2
| 7.4
| 3.3
| 4.0
| 2.2
| 0.8
| 1.0
| 0.5
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | 60+ years
| 42.5
| | 57.5
| | 30.5
| | 42.3
| 7.1
| 6.7
| 4.9
| 3.6
| 1.9
| 0.3
| 0.8
| 0.3
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="103" | Education
|-
! align="left" | Elementary
| 48.3
| | 51.7
! rowspan="4" |
| | 30.9
| | 39.8
| 6.8
| 5.8
| 8.5
| 2.3
| 1.8
| 0.9
| 1.9
| 0.6
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! Vocational
| | 52.9
| 47.1
| | 34.9
| | 36.4
| 7.0
| 7.1
| 4.4
| 2.3
| 2.4
| 2.0
| 1.6
| 1.4
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! Secondary
| | 52.3
| 47.7
| | 35.9
| | 31.3
| 9.6
| 7.5
| 2.7
| 4.2
| 3.4
| 3.1
| 0.7
| 1.2
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! Higher
| 48.6
| | 51.4
| | 30.2
| | 24.9
| 18.9
| 7.2
| 1.3
| 5.9
| 4.7
| 5.7
| 0.2
| 0.7
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="104" | Agglomeration
|-
! align="left" | Rural
| | 52.3
| 47.7
! rowspan="3" |
| | 33.4
| | 33.4
| 6.3
| 7.2
| 9.6
| 2.4
| 2.6
| 1.4
| 2.1
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | 10,000 – 100,000 pop.
| | 53.9
| 46.1
| | 36.7
| | 31.8
| 10.9
| 7.0
| 1.2
| 4.1
| 3.1
| 3.0
| 0.7
| 1.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | >100,000 pop.
| 47.8
| | 52.2
| | 31.4
| | 33.4
| 13.3
| 7.0
| 0.5
| 4.6
| 3.4
| 4.4
| 0.4
| 1.2
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="105" | Occupation
|-
! align="left" | Entrepreneur
| 42.3
| | 57.7
! rowspan="11" |
| | 27.9
| | 38.8
| 9.5
| 7.0
| 1.5
| 3.2
| 2.9
| 6.5
| 0.6
| 1.6
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Manager
| | 55.9
| 44.1
| | 38.7
| | 26.6
| 12.3
| 7.2
| 1.9
| 5.4
| 3.3
| 3.1
| 0.3
| 0.8
| 0.0
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Specialist/Freelancer
| 44.2
| | 55.8
| | 27.3
| | 28.2
| 19.6
| 7.6
| 1.2
| 5.3
| 4.5
| 4.8
| 0.3
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Office employees
| | 55.1
| 44.9
| | 37.4
| | 28.7
| 10.9
| 8.0
| 1.8
| 5.2
| 3.6
| 2.3
| 0.5
| 1.3
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Service employees
| | 51.1
| 48.9
| | 35.2
| | 34.9
| 9.8
| 5.8
| 1.7
| 3.3
| 3.0
| 3.3
| 1.1
| 1.6
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Housewife
| 46.0
| | 54.0
| | 32.4
| | 38.0
| 7.4
| 5.4
| 5.7
| 2.0
| 3.7
| 2.1
| 1.6
| 1.0
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 0.3
|-
! align="left" | Farmer
| | 55.7
| 44.3
| | 30.0
| | 31.0
| 3.0
| 6.8
| 21.3
| 1.0
| 1.5
| 0.5
| 3.8
| 0.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Workers
| | 53.5
| 46.5
| | 35.5
| | 35.3
| 7.1
| 8.5
| 2.9
| 2.8
| 2.4
| 2.0
| 1.4
| 1.4
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Student
| | 50.2
| 49.8
| | 29.2
| | 26.0
| 17.5
| 6.0
| 1.5
| 4.6
| 5.5
| 7.9
| 0.6
| 0.7
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Unemployed
| | 60.2
| 39.8
| | 38.1
| | 27.8
| 10.7
| 6.4
| 4.3
| 2.6
| 3.8
| 2.4
| 1.6
| 1.7
| 0.0
| 0.2
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Retired
| 47.0
| | 53.0
| | 33.7
| | 39.7
| 7.5
| 6.4
| 4.0
| 4.0
| 2.2
| 0.6
| 1.0
| 0.6
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="104" | Region
|-
! align="left" | North-eastern
| | 64.7
| 35.3
! rowspan="10" |
| | 42.3
| | 23.8
| 12.0
| 4.7
| 2.8
| 4.1
| 2.7
| 3.6
| 1.6
| 1.2
| 0.3
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Pomeranian
| 49.1
| | 50.9
| | 33.4
| | 36.0
| 9.0
| 6.0
| 1.9
| 3.6
| 3.9
| 3.6
| 0.8
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | North-western
| | 65.7
| 34.3
| | 47.2
| | 21.8
| 11.2
| 4.9
| 1.3
| 4.5
| 2.8
| 3.1
| 1.4
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Lesser Silesian
| | 60.3
| 39.7
| | 41.8
| | 27.7
| 12.1
| 4.2
| 1.6
| 4.8
| 2.5
| 2.3
| 1.0
| 1.0
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Greater Polish
| | 58.1
| 41.9
| | 37.8
| | 29.9
| 12.7
| 3.6
| 3.7
| 3.5
| 2.8
| 2.8
| 1.5
| 0.8
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Silesian
| 46.7
| | 53.3
| | 31.2
| | 38.5
| 10.3
| 5.6
| 1.0
| 4.1
| 4.2
| 2.1
| 0.6
| 1.4
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Lesser Polish
| 32.7
| | 67.3
| | 20.8
| | 46.5
| 8.0
| 9.3
| 3.8
| 3.3
| 3.6
| 2.4
| 0.8
| 0.7
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Eastern
| | 50.8
| 49.2
| | 29.8
| | 33.5
| 5.9
| 10.5
| 9.9
| 2.2
| 2.4
| 1.9
| 1.6
| 1.3
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Mazovian-Kujavian
| 48.3
| | 51.7
| | 31.5
| | 31.2
| 11.6
| 9.0
| 3.8
| 3.6
| 3.0
| 3.6
| 0.8
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Central
| | 57.9
| 42.1
| | 37.5
| | 28.7
| 9.9
| 7.3
| 5.0
| 3.7
| 2.1
| 3.0
| 0.8
| 1.2
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="106" | First round presidential vote in 1990
|-
! align="left" | Bartoszcze
| | 77.8
| 22.2
! rowspan="7" |
| | 30.1
| 11.0
| 3.4
| 6.9
| style="background:#7ADB67" | 36.5
| 3.9
| 2.0
| 0.6
| 3.3
| 1.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.4
|-
! align="left" | Cimoszewicz
| | 97.2
| 2.8
| | 86.2
| 1.7
| 3.3
| 1.5
| 1.7
| 2.8
| 0.7
| 0.8
| 0.7
| 0.3
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Mazowiecki
| | 86.5
| 13.5
| | 33.9
| 9.9
| style="background:#7CA6D3" | 32.4
| 5.1
| 1.3
| 6.7
| 5.3
| 4.2
| 0.2
| 0.6
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Moczulski
| 44.4
| | 55.6
| 19.5
| | 22.3
| 9.8
| style="background:#EFB18D" | 22.1
| 3.0
| 5.3
| 2.7
| 7.1
| 2.7
| 3.0
| 0.7
| 0.1
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | Tymiński
| | 90.4
| 9.6
| | 65.7
| 5.7
| 6.3
| 5.1
| 4.7
| 3.0
| 2.2
| 2.4
| 2.6
| 1.7
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | Wałęsa
| 26.7
| | 73.3
| 17.5
| | 53.4
| 6.8
| 8.5
| 3.4
| 3.0
| 2.8
| 2.5
| 0.7
| 1.0
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Didn't vote
| | 64.2
| 35.8
| | 41.8
| | 20.7
| 12.6
| 5.9
| 3.0
| 4.2
| 3.9
| 5.0
| 1.1
| 1.4
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="106" | Sejm vote in 1993
|-
! align="left" | BBWR
| 12.0
| | 88.0
! rowspan="16" |
| 8.8
| | 70.9
| 5.5
| 4.7
| 0.4
| 2.8
| 3.5
| 2.2
| 0.5
| 0.3
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | KKW "Ojczyzna"
| 8.6
| | 91.4
| 6.3
| | 67.5
| 2.7
| 10.1
| 2.4
| 1.1
| 6.8
| 1.5
| 0.6
| 0.5
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | KdR
| –
| –
| 11.0
| 25.3
| 1.4
| style="background:#EFB18D" | 55.8
| 0.0
| 0.6
| 2.4
| 1.8
| 0.0
| 1.2
| 0.6
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | KPN
| 24.9
| | 75.1
| 12.7
| | 42.0
| 7.9
| style="background:#EFB18D" | 19.7
| 1.0
| 4.1
| 3.1
| 4.9
| 1.0
| 2.3
| 0.4
| 0.1
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | KLD
| –
| –
| 16.0
| | 37.0
| style="background:#7CA6D3" | 23.9
| 5.2
| 0.1
| 3.6
| 6.5
| 6.9
| 0.0
| 0.6
| 0.0
| 0.0
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | X
| –
| –
| | 60.8
| 7.4
| 5.8
| 6.8
| 2.9
| 2.6
| 3.0
| 3.0
| 3.1
| 3.8
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | PSL
| | 68.7
| 31.3
| | 36.7
| 18.0
| 4.3
| 6.5
| style="background:#7ADB67" | 23.4
| 4.5
| 2.5
| 0.8
| 2.4
| 0.5
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | PSL-PL
| –
| –
| | 37.8
| 16.5
| 4.6
| 7.9
| style="background:#7ADB67" | 23.0
| 3.3
| 2.3
| 1.0
| 2.5
| 0.7
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | PC
| 18.5
| | 81.5
| 10.2
| | 40.0
| 5.4
| style="background:#EFB18D" | 30.9
| 0.6
| 3.1
| 4.8
| 3.1
| 0.0
| 1.2
| 0.2
| 0.1
| 0.2
|-
! align="left" | Samoobrona
| –
| –
| | 21.9
| | 27.4
| 7.5
| 7.8
| 5.1
| 3.8
| 1.1
| 1.1
| 18.9
| 3.8
| 0.5
| 0.0
| 1.1
|-
! align="left" | SLD
| | 98.1
| 1.9
| | 89.5
| 1.5
| 3.0
| 1.0
| 0.6
| 2.2
| 0.3
| 0.8
| 0.4
| 0.4
| 0.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | Solidarność
| 18.1
| | 81.9
| 12.7
| | 61.9
| 6.3
| 8.9
| 1.8
| 2.5
| 2.6
| 1.2
| 0.8
| 1.0
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | UD
| 31.5
| | 68.5
| 12.7
| | 28.7
| style="background:#7CA6D3" | 39.1
| 4.3
| 0.2
| 5.4
| 5.7
| 2.9
| 0.2
| 0.6
| 0.2
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | UPR
| –
| –
| 8.7
| 17.8
| 6.8
| 5.7
| 1.3
| 3.0
| 2.9
| style="background:#8A94CE" | 52.3
| 0.3
| 0.9
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.0
|-
! align="left" | UP
| | 59.5
| 40.5
| | 28.7
| 19.8
| style="background:#7CA6D3" | 19.9
| 8.5
| 0.7
| 14.3
| 3.0
| 2.3
| 0.5
| 1.5
| 0.3
| 0.2
| 0.1
|-
! align="left" | Didn't vote
| –
| –
| | 36.8
| | 26.8
| 11.6
| 6.4
| 2.7
| 3.9
| 4.1
| 4.3
| 1.4
| 1.5
| 0.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
|-
| colspan="18" style="background:#FFFFFF" |
|-
! colspan="18" data-sort-value="109" | Transfer of electorates from the first round of the election
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:right" | Electorates transferred from candidates<br>in column to candidate in row
! colspan="3" style="width:60px;" | Didn't vote
! style="width:60px;" | Kwaśniewski<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Wałesa<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Kuroń<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Olszewski<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Pawlak<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Zieliński<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Gronkiewicz-Waltz<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Korwin-Mikke<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Lepper<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Pietrzak<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Koźluk<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Piotrowicz<br>
! style="width:60px;" | Bubel<br>
|-
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! style="text-align:right" | Aleksander Kwaśniewski
| colspan="3" | 59.5
| | 98.6
| 3.1
| 43.2
| 25.9
| | 67.1
| | 67.4
| 28.0
| 37.6
| | 70.4
| 49.6
| –
| –
| –
|-
! style="text-align:right" | Lech Wałęsa
| colspan="3" | 40.5
| 1.4
| | 96.9
| | 56.8
| | 74.1
| 32.9
| 32.6
| | 72.0
| | 62.4
| 29.6
| | 50.4
| –
| –
| –
|}
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Aftermath
Lech Wałęsa contested the election results, but they were reaffirmed by the Supreme Court.