The
Civic Platform
The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a Centre-right politics, centre-right liberal conservative political party in Poland. Since ...
presidential primary, 2020 was the second
presidential primary
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after the
2010 Civic Platform presidential primary. The primary was organized by the party following the decision by
Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk served as the president of the European Council (20 ...
not to run for president again (he lost in a runoff to
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...
in 2005). Prior to his withdrawal, Tusk was thought to be the presumptive nominee.
The voting took place during a special conference on December 14.
Candidates
Results
475 electors cast their votes at the convention. 5 electors cast an empty ballot.
* Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska: 73.4%
* Jacek Jaśkowiak: 26.6%
Aftermath
After being nominated, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska was seen as the main challenger to incumbent
Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has served as the sixth president of Poland since 2015. Before becoming president, he served as a Member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2014 and before becoming Member of ...
. However, her campaign failed to gain any traction and she ended up polling below all of the major candidates. Due to the
COVID-19 outbreak, the original election was cancelled and the Civic Platform decided to replace her with
Rafał Trzaskowski
Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski (born 17 January 1972) is a Polish politician and political scientist specializing in European studies who has served as List of city mayors of Warsaw, Mayor of Warsaw since 22 November 2018.
He served as a Member ...
. Trzaskowski ended up losing
the election in the second round to Duda.
See also
*
2020 Polish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of the incumbent government of t ...
References
External links
* https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-tusk-elected-president-of-european-peoples-party
* http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,25512314,znamy-kandydata-po-na-prezydenta-przeciwko-andrzejowi-dudzie.html
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