ANNOUNCEMENT
AFTER
PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE SEAT OF THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (NEC) IN
WARSAW
On 9 October 2005, at 12.10 p.m. at the
seat of the National Electoral Commission at ul. Wiejska a press conference was
held concerning the Elections for the President of the Republic of Poland.
The following participated in the
conference:
Chairman of
NEC
Judge
Ferdynand Rymarz
Deputy
Chairman
Judge
Stanisław Kosmal
Members Judge
Andrzej Mączyński
Judge Włodzimierz Ryms
Judge
Stanisław Zabłocki
Secretary of NEC
Head of the National Electoral
Office Minister Kazimierz Wojciech Czaplicki
The conference was chaired by the NEC
Chairman, Judge Ferdynand Rymarz, who presented information on the election
turnout and the course of the vote as at 10.30 a.m.
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
of 9 October 2005
Concerning the number of persons
registered on electoral lists and the number of electors who received ballot
cards by 10.30 a.m. in the Elections for the President of the Republic of Poland written for 9 October 2005.
I. Countrywide statistical information
According to the information received from 24 984 out of the
total 25 000 local electoral commissions
established countrywide (excluding the polling stations established
abroad and on the Polish ships at sea), the National Electoral Commission
advises that as at 10.30 a.m. on 9 October 2005:
1. The number of eligible voters, i.e. the
number of electors registered on the elector lists at the polling stations
which provided the data was 30 025 607.
2. 2 459 533 ballot cards were issued
to the eligible voters which constitutes 8.19% of the total number of the
eligible voters.
II. Collective
information broken down by the provinces:
Province
|
No. of the polling stations
|
No. of the eligible persons
|
No. of the ballot cards issued
|
%
(6:5)
|
Total
|
which provided the data
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
dolnośląskie province
|
1
816
|
1
816
|
2
325 541
|
158
692
|
6.82%
|
kujawsko-pomorskie province
|
1
369
|
1
369
|
1
628 528
|
127
056
|
7.80%
|
lubelskie province
|
1
776
|
1
776
|
1
730 731
|
138
116
|
7.98%
|
lubuskie province
|
655
|
653
|
792
315
|
49
142
|
6.20%
|
łódzkie
province
|
1
701
|
1
701
|
2
073 439
|
157
397
|
7.59%
|
małopolskie province
|
2
221
|
2
221
|
2
504 875
|
278
243
|
11.11%
|
mazowieckie province
|
3
186
|
3
186
|
4
030 120
|
327
986
|
8.14%
|
opolskie province
|
794
|
794
|
828
660
|
58
683
|
7.08%
|
podkarpackie province
|
1
644
|
1
644
|
1
624 035
|
175
200
|
10.79%
|
podlaskie province
|
847
|
847
|
943
335
|
87
033
|
9.23%
|
pomorskie province
|
1
268
|
1
268
|
1
697 578
|
130
141
|
7.67%
|
śląskie
province
|
2
675
|
2
675
|
3
759 728
|
319
989
|
8.51%
|
świętokrzyskie province
|
932
|
932
|
1
037 665
|
68
737
|
6.62%
|
warmińsko-mazurskie province
|
983
|
983
|
1
121 813
|
88
966
|
7.93%
|
wielkopolskie province
|
2
093
|
2
093
|
2
617 437
|
206
639
|
7.89%
|
zachodniopomorskie province
|
1
040
|
1
026
|
1
309 807
|
87
513
|
6.68%
|
III. Collective information broken down by the cities with the
population over 250 thousand
No.
|
City
|
Total no. of the rolling stations
|
No. of the poling stations which provided
the information
|
No. of eligible voters
|
No. of ballot cards issued
|
%
(6:5)
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
1.
|
city of Bydgoszcz
|
205
|
205
|
296 121
|
22 778
|
7.69%
|
2.
|
city of Gdańsk
|
211
|
211
|
361 979
|
25 996
|
7.18%
|
3.
|
city of Katowice
|
163
|
163
|
259 213
|
21 605
|
8.33%
|
4.
|
city of Kraków
|
444
|
444
|
579 925
|
52 963
|
9.13%
|
5.
|
city of Lublin
|
192
|
192
|
278 135
|
22 877
|
8.23%
|
6.
|
city of Poznań
|
295
|
295
|
445 081
|
38 557
|
8.66%
|
7.
|
city of Szczecin
|
201
|
187
|
294 281
|
23 317
|
7.92%
|
8.
|
city of Wrocław
|
304
|
304
|
507 443
|
40 767
|
8.03%
|
9.
|
Capital city
of Warsaw
|
819
|
819
|
1 331 739
|
121 012
|
9.09%
|
10.
|
city of Łódź
|
396
|
396
|
624 764
|
48 281
|
7.73%
|
IV. In comparison with the total number of the eligible
voters, the highest turnout was noted in the Korzenna
administrative district, małopolskie province, i.e. 25.41%
The NEC Chairman said that so far no
major incidents of breaching the election law had been noted. The voting
continues in a quiet and dignified atmosphere.
The subsequent conferences have been
scheduled for:
6.10 p.m. – to provide information on
the turnout and the course of the vote as at 4.30 p.m.
8.10 p.m. – to provide summary information
on the course of the vote.
NEC anticipates that on the night from 9
to 10 October 2005 provision of the partial unofficial results of the vote will
be possible. Also anticipated is provision of information as it is delivered to
the seat of NEC in the electronic version prepared by the local electoral
commissions from 10% -between 11-12 p.m., and after 12.00 p.m. until the early
morning hours from 30% , 60% and 90% of the polling stations.
The official results of the Polish
Presidential Elections may be expected on Monday after all reports from the
district electoral commissions hale been delivered.