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Candidate selection[edit]

Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland[edit]

Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Social Democracy

Member of the Sejm (1989-2005)

Potential candidates
Aleksander Kwaśniewski	Józef Oleksy

Chairman of Social Democracy (1990-1995)	Prime Minister of Poland (1995-1996)

During SdRP's Congress on 13 May, Kwaśniewski secured his party's endorsement for President with 296 out of 300 votes. Some delegates believed Józef Oleksy should become the candidate instead.^[1]^[2]

Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms[edit]

Lech Wałęsa
Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms

President of Poland (1990-1995)

Potential candidates
Lech Wałęsa	Tadeusz Mazowiecki	Andrzej Stelmachowski

Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1991)	Prime Minister of Poland (1989-1991)	Marshal of the Senate (1989-1991)

The conflict between Wałęsa and Mazowiecki grew irrenconcilable by late 1990. After several failed attempts at reconciliation and political clashes over positions in the Solidarity movement and trade union, the final attempts at finding a compromise for the presidential election were organized by clergy of the Catholic Church. One was held on 7 July, another on 31 August, where Mazowiecki tried and failed to convince Wałęsa to abandon his presidential ambitions, even promising to field a compromise candidate (presumably Senate Marshal Andrzej Stelmachowski). A last chance at conciliation took place on 18 September, during a meeting with Primate Józef Glemp. Ultimately, the two adversaries from Solidarity ran opposing campaigns - Wałęsa was endorsed by the Centre Agreement, and Mazowiecki by the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action and Forum of the Democratic Right. The Solidarity movement mostly sided with Wałesa during the election^[1].

Freedom Union[edit]

Jacek Kuroń
Freedom Union

Member of the Sejm (1989-1993)

Potential candidates
Jacek Kuroń	Janusz Onyszkiewicz	Hanna Suchocka

Minister of Labour and Social Policy (1992-1993)	Minister of National Defence (1992-1993)	Prime Minister of Poland (1992-1993)

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.^[1]

Movement for the Republic[edit]

Jan Olszewski
Movement for the Republic

Prime Minister of Poland (1991-1992)

Potential candidates
Jan Olszewski	Lech Wałęsa

Prime Minister of Poland (1991-1992)	Chairman of Solidarity (1980-1991)

In August 1990, the KPN was split, with ~300 of its ~1500 members seceding, forming the Confederation of Independent Poland – Democratic Faction (Polish: Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej – Frakcja Demokratyczna, KPN-FD), accusing KPN's leader Leszek Moczulski of authoritarian rule over the party. When elections were called, whereas KPN-FD endorsed Wałęsa outright, KPN offered to endorse Wałęsa, on several conditions: for Wałesa to support an instant resignation of President Jaruzelski, immediate withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Poland and condemn the Balcerowicz Plan. Ultimately, with Wałęsa not fitting the conditions, Leszek Moczulski decided to himself run in the election^[3]. With 111 thousand out of 100 thousand required signatures, he managed to pass the threshold to run.^[1]

Polish People's Party[edit]

Waldemar Pawlak
Polish People's Party

Member of the Sejm (1989-1993)

Potential candidates
Waldemar Pawlak	Józef Zych

Member of the Sejm (1989-1993)	Member of the Sejm (1989-2015)

On 10 October, the Supreme Executive Committee of PSL declared the candidacy of party chairman Roman Bartoszcze. However, Bartoszcze, as an anti-communist oppositionist, was disliked by the postcommunist ex-ZSL wing of the party. As such, the parliamentary club of PSL, which was seated mostly by members from the ZSL wing, declared ZSL activist Józef Zych's candidacy on 11 October. The next day, the crisis was resolved, as the Supreme Council of PSL confirmed Bartoszcze's candidacy, which believed that voters would be much more likely to support a candidate which did not derive from the communist establishment.^[1]

Convent of St. Catherine[edit]

Hanna Gronkiewcz-Waltz
Convent of Saint Catherine

President of the National Bank (1992-2001)

Potential candidates
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz	Leszek Moczulski	Jan Olszewski	Adam Strzembosz	Henryk Bąk	Wojciech Ziembiński	Roman Ciesielski	Jan Parys

President of the National Bank of Poland (1992-2001)	Member of the Sejm (1993-1997)	Prime Minister of Poland (1991-1992)	Chairman of the Supreme Court of Poland (1990-1998)	Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (1991-1993)	Anti-communist oppositionist	Member of the Senat (1989-1991)	Minister of National Defence (1991-1992)

In August 1990, the KPN was split, with ~300 of its ~1500 members seceding, forming the Confederation of Independent Poland – Democratic Faction (Polish: Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej – Frakcja Demokratyczna, KPN-FD), accusing KPN's leader Leszek Moczulski of authoritarian rule over the party. When elections were called, whereas KPN-FD endorsed Wałęsa outright, KPN offered to endorse Wałęsa, on several conditions: for Wałesa to support an instant resignation of President Jaruzelski, immediate withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Poland and condemn the Balcerowicz Plan. Ultimately, with Wałęsa not fitting the conditions, Leszek Moczulski decided to himself run in the election^[3]. With 111 thousand out of 100 thousand required signatures, he managed to pass the threshold to run.^[1]

Other candidates[edit]

Tadeusz Zieliński	Janusz Korwin-Mikke	Andrzej Lepper	Jan Pietrzak	Tadeusz Koźluk	Kazimierz Piotrowicz	Leszek Bubel
Labour Union	Real Politics Union	Samoobrona	Independent	Independent	Independent	Independent

Ombudsman in Poland (1992-1996)	Member of the Sejm (1991-1993)	Agriculturist	Satirist	Lawyer	Entrepreneur	Member of the Sejm (1991-1993)

Withdrawn candidates[edit]

Lech Kaczyński	Marek Markiewicz	Leszek Moczulski	Bogdan Pawłowski
Centre Agreement	Republicans Party	Confederation of Independent Poland	Independent

Member of the Sejm (1991-1993)	Chairman of KRRiT (1993-1994)	Member of the Sejm (1993-1997)	Entrepreneur
Endorsed Jan Olszewski	Endorsed Lech Wałęsa	Endorsed Lech Wałęsa	Endorsed Lech Wałęsa

Rejected candidates[edit]

The following candidates registered to run, but failed to cross the threshold of 100,000 signatures required to run in the election:

Bolesław Tejkowski (Chairman of the Polish National Community [pl])

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cite error: The named reference Dudek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Woliński, Przemysław. Transformacja Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej – od koalicji wyborczej do partii politycznej.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Szyc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Dudek-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cite error: The named reference Dudek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Woliński-2] Woliński, Przemysław. Transformacja Sojuszu Lewicy Demokratycznej – od koalicji wyborczej do partii politycznej.

[Szyc-3] Cite error: The named reference Szyc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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