Who are the candidates for president of Poland in 2020?

On 29 April 2020, 11 days before the planned election date, election candidate Stanisław Żółtek presented a copy of an electoral ballot at a press conference. The copies contained the names of all the candidates and other forms to be filled by voters.

Who is the current President of the Republic of Poland?

The incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of Law and Justice, faced off against Civic Platform vice-chairman and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski after first round results showed Duda with 43.5% of the vote and Trzaskowski with 30.46%.

How old do you have to be to run for president in Poland?

In order to be registered to contest the election, a candidate must be a Polish citizen, be at least 35 years old on the day of the first round of the election, and have collected at least 100,000 voters’ signatures by 10 June 2020 at midnight. Polls opened on election day at 07:00 CEST and closed at 21:00 CEST ( UTC +2).

Who was the Prime Minister of Poland in 2005?

Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, former Prime Minister of Poland and a candidate in 2005. He was widely expected to comeback in Polish politics to run for President, all the more so given that his European office expired at the end of 2019.

Why did Duda and Trzaskowski go to runoff?

“May this term really be different,” he wrote on Twitter. The knife-edge second-round runoff was pitched by both sides as a battle for the future of the country, with Duda promising another term backing the legislative agenda of Poland’s ruling populist party and Trzaskowski offering to be the face of a different Poland.

Incumbent President Andrzej Duda is eligible to run for a second term. His approval ratings are high – in September 2017, his approval rating stood at 71% and in February 2018, at 72%, A record surpassed only by Aleksander Kwaśniewski from 1995 to 2005, whose approval ratings surpassed 75%.

Who is the mayor of Warsaw in Poland?

His win will give the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) control of most of the levers of power for several more years, allowing it to continue an agenda that has eroded the rule of law and judicial independence, putting Poland on a collision course with the EU. Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, on election night.