What does the 2025 presidential election vote look like?

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The first circular of presidential elections will be held May 18, 2025. If no of the candidates get more than 50% of valid votes, the second circular will be held June 1, 2025.

The word of office of the president shall be 5 years, and the same individual may hold that office for a maximum of 2 terms. The current President, Andrzej Duda, ends his second word and cannot search re-election. Although the presidential run is already at its best, it is inactive possible to compete in the race and the highest office in the country. The deadline for submitting candidates is April 4, 2025At 4:00.

Rules for counting votes in presidential elections

The process of counting votes in presidential elections is specifically defined in the Electoral Code. It sets out both the principles and the way in which elections are to be held and the way in which voting results are to be determined.

After closing the polling stations at 21:00, peripheral commissions open urns and proceed to number votes. This process can last all night. After completion, they shall draw up a protocol and study the results to the territory commissions, which shall sum up the data from their respective circuits.

Final results at national level State Election Commission on the basis of the minutes of the territory commissions.

Procedure for counting votes step by step

The procedure for counting votes starts with the beginning of the ballot box (after the closing of the voting venue) and the removal of all ballot cards that have been put into it.

The Commission shall number all the cards to check that their number agrees with the number of cards issued – the receipt of ballots shall be confirmed by each citizen with his or her own signature and after the identity card has been presented. Each card shall be checked for the correctness of the vote cast. It does not matter, among others, where more than 1 candidate has been marked or no has been marked.

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Only after the votes have been calculated The panel shall draw up minutes with the results and forward it to the territory commission.

The full process is supervised by men of trust, observers and the media, which aims to guarantee the reliability of the vote counting.

Announcing election results

PKW may supply unofficial partial results as data from peripheral commissions are inflowing. Official results are not announced until all protocols have been verified..

The ultimate Court approves the election results.

When can elections be declared void?

Presidential elections may be cancelled in case of a uncovering significant violations of electoral law (e.g. irregularities in the voting process), which may have affected the result of the vote.

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The ultimate Court shall decide on the basis of electoral protests by qualified entities.