1989 Polish presidential election

none 50.28% Wojciech Jaruzelski Polish United Workers' Party Wojciech Jaruzelski Polish United Workers' Party Needed to win: Majority of members present, excluding invalid votes537 valid voters in the National Assembly269 votes needed to win Chairman of the Council of State Elected President 270 Poland PZPR, ZSL, SD, PAX, Christian Social Union (Poland) pl Unia Chrześcijańsko-Społeczna (Polska) UChS ib, Polish Catholic-Social Association pl Polski Związek Katolicko-Społeczny PZKS ib Polish United Workers' Party Wojciech Jaruzelski Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski 13 grudnia 1981.JPG 120 120 150 0 0 PRON Nominators NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Against 233 43.39% 19 July 1989 1990 1990 Polish presidential election 1947 1947 Polish presidential election presidential Poland President 1989.svg Indirect presidential elections were held in Poland on 19 July 1989. The elections were the first after the office of President of the Republic of Poland had been re-established after a period of Communist rule and were the last in which the President was elected by Parliament (joint houses of the Sejm and Senate). Despite adoption of the democratic system there was only one candidate. After the Round Table Agreement, which resulted in a semi-free parliamentary election, marked by effective Solidarity victory and de facto loss of the Polish United Workers' Party, on July 4, 1989, Adam Michnik proposed a power-sharing deal between communist and the democratic opposition (Your President, our Prime Minister), according to which Chairman of the Council of State and Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski would become president and a Solidarity representative would become Prime Minister (this position indeed went to Tadeusz Mazowiecki in August, albeit after an attempt by Jaruzelski to impose fellow PZPR member Czesław Kiszczak as Prime Minister). After much debate within both camps this conception won. Jaruzelski ran unopposed, but won by just a one-vote majority needed, as many Solidarity MPs, while supporting the agreement, felt just unable to cast their votes or, to not disturb the process, cast abstain or invalid votes. Electoral system The President was elected by the National Assembly, a joint sitting of the Sejm and the Senate, by open ballot. The members of the Assembly were elected in the 1989 Polish parliamentary election; although 460 deputies and 100 senators (making 560 electors) had been elected, senator Grzegorz Białkowski pl Grzegorz Białkowski de died before the presidential election and his replacement was yet to be chosen. The composition of the National Assembly was as follows: +File:Poland National Assembly 1989.svg+ Parliamentary group Sejm Senate Totals Civic Parliamentary Club16198259 Polish United Workers' Party 173 — 173 United People's Party 76 — 76 Alliance of Democrats 27 — 27 PAX Association 10 — 10Christian-Social Union 8 — 8Polish Catholic-Social Association 5 — 5PRON-aligned nonpartisan — 1 1 Vacant seat — 1 1+Total460100 (99)560 (559) Results Wojciech Jaruzelski Polish United Workers' Party 270 Against 233 Abstention 34 7 559 New York Times, Sejm Stenogram By party CandidateTotal votesVotes by partyPZPROKPZSLSDPAXUChSPZKSPRON Wojciech Jaruzelski2701711Stanisław Bernatowicz pl542010851 Against2331Marian Czerwiński pl Marian Czerwiński (ur. 1940)2226Czesław Janicki, Teresa Liszcz pl, Jacek Soska pl, Stanisław Wiąckowski pl, Józef Wlekliński pl, and Władysław Żabiński pl4Tadeusz Bień pl, Krzysztof Czereyski pl, Kazimierz Czerwiński pl Kazimierz Czerwiński (polityk), and Kazimierz Mieczysław Ujazdowski pl Kazimierz Ujazdowski Abstention3418Andrzej Arendarski pl, Włodzimierz Bojarski pl, Ryszard Bugaj, Andrzej Celiński, Zbigniew Drela pl, Władysław Findeisen, Mieczysław Gil, Henryk Grządzielski pl, Jan Król, Andrzej Machalski pl, Adam Mitura pl, Walerian Pańko, Bohdan Pilarski pl, Walerian Piotrowski pl, Andrzej Rozmarynowicz pl, Andrzej Sikora pl Andrzej Sikora (ur. 1946), Wiesław Zajączkowski, and Andrzej Zawiślak pl13Edward Baścik pl, Andrzej Borowski pl Andrzej Borowski (polityk), Janusz Dobrosz, Zdzisław Domański pl, Michał Górski (politician) Michał Górski pl Michał Górski (polityk), Stanisław Jasiński (politician) Stanisław Jasiński pl Stanisław Jasiński (poseł), Franciszek Kieć pl, Janusz Maćkowiak pl, Zbigniew Mierzwa pl, Wojciech Mojzesowicz, Grażyna Sołtyk pl Grażyna Sołtyk (ur. 1941), Jan Warjan pl, and Józef Zych3Tadeusz Dziuba pl, Bohdan Osiński pl and Jan Świtka pl Jan Świtka (polityk) Invalid votes77Witysław Dys-Kulerski pl Wiktor Kulerski (młodszy), Andrzej Miłkowski pl, Aleksander Paszyński pl, Andrzej Stelmachowski, Stanisław Stomma, Witold Trzeciakowski pl, and Andrzej Wielowieyski Not present151Jerzy Rozwandowicz pl11Paweł Chrupek pl, Adela Dankowska, Marek Jurek, Lech Kozaczko pl, Zdzisław Nowicki pl Zdzisław Nowicki (senator), Krzysztof Pawłowski, Andrzej Piesiak pl, Maria Stępniak pl, Andrzej Szczepkowski, Mieczysław Ustasiak pl, and Henryk Wujec3Alicja Kornasiewicz, Józef Łochowski pl, and Teresa Malczewska pl Total Yes/No503172233602410851 Total valid537172241732710851 Total votes544172248732710851Source: Sejm Stenogram Notes Category:Presidential elections in Poland President Poland Poland Category:Single-candidate elections