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Presidential elections were held in Poland on Sunday November 25 (first round), and Sunday December 9, 1990 (second round). 60.6% of citizens cast their votes during the first round, 98.5% of those were valid. 53.4% of citizens cast their vote during the second round, 97.7% of those were valid.

These were the first direct presidential elections in the history of Poland. Before World War II president was elected by the Sejm, and after WW2 this office was abolished in 1952.

The main favourites were the leader of Solidarity movement Lech Wałęsa and the first non-communist Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki. Unexpectedly, Wałęsa's challenger in the 2nd round was Canadian businessman of Polish origin Stanisław Tymiński. Eventually, he lost this round, then tried to establish a new political party, but very quickly disappeared from the political scene in Poland.

 1st round => turn-out: 60,6% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate                     Party                 Votes       % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lech Wałęsa             NSZZ "Solidarność"      6,569,889    39.96  Stanisław Tymiński                              3,797,605    23.10  Tadeusz Mazowiecki                              2,973,364    18.08 Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz       SdRP              1,514,025     9.21 Roman Bartoszcze              PSL               1,176,175     7.15 Leszek Moczulski              KPN                 411,516     2.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total                                          16,442,574   100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

 2nd round => turn-out: 53,4% ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate                     Party                 Votes       % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lech Wałęsa             NSZZ "Solidarność"     10,622,696    74.25  Stanisław Tymiński                              3,683,098    25.75  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total                                          14,305,794   100.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[edit] References

Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 26 XI 1990 r., Dziennik Ustaw. Nr 83, poz. 483;
Obwieszczenie PKW z dn. 10 XII 1990 r., Dz.U. Nr 85, poz. 499