Election 2005

ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT THE SEAT OF THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (NEC) IN WARSAW

On 23 October 2005, at 6.10 p.m. a press conference on the second round of voting in the Elections for the President of the Republic of Poland was held at the seat of the National Electoral Commission in Warsaw at. Ul. Wiejska.

The following participated in the conference:

Chairman of NEC Judge Ferdynand Rymarz

Deputy Chairman Judge Jan Kacprzak

Members Judge Andrzej Kisielewicz

Judge Andrzej Mączyński

Judge Stanisław Zabłocki

The Conference was chaired by the NEC’s Chairman, Judge Ferdynand Rymarz,

who presented the information on the turnout and the course of the elections as at 4.30 p.m.

announcement of the national electoral commission (nec)
of 23 October 2005

On the number of registered electors and the number of electors to whom ballot cards were issued by 4.30 p.m. in the second round of the Elections for the President of the Republic of Poland written for 23 October 2005.

I. Collective nationwide information

On the basis of data provided by 25 000 local electoral commissions out of the total 25 000 local electoral commissions established nationwide (i.e. excluding the precincts established abroad and on the Polish ships), the National Electoral Commission provides the information as below representing the status as at 4.30 p.m. on 23 October 2005:

1. Number of eligible electors, i.e. the number of electors registered in the precincts which provided the data, was 30 124 178.

2. Ballot cards were issued to 10 679 292 eligible electors which constitutes 35.45% of the total number of eligible electors.

II. Collective information broken into the provinces:

*Province*	*No. of precincts*		*No. of eligible electors*	*No. of ballot cards issued*	% *(5:4)*
*Province*	*total*	*which provided the data*	*No. of eligible electors*	*No. of ballot cards issued*	% *(5:4)*
1	2	3	4	5	6
*Dolnośląskie* *Province*	*1 816*	*1 816*	*2 331 180*	*777 667*	*33.36%*
*Kujawsko-pomorskie* *Province*	*1 369*	*1 369*	*1 628 622*	*536 604*	*32.95%*
*Lubelskie* *Province*	*1 776*	*1 776*	*1 732 211*	*634 007*	*36.60%*
*Województwo lubuskie*	*655*	*655*	*794 172*	*240 379*	*30.27%*
*Łódzkie* *Province*	*1 701*	*1 701*	*2 076 612*	*707 947*	*34.09%*
*Małopolskie* *Province*	*2 221*	*2 221*	*2 518 307*	*1 023 609*	*40.65%*
*Mazowieckie* *Province*	*3 186*	*3 186*	*4 055 333*	*1 577 116*	*38.89%*
*Opolskie* *Province*	*794*	*794*	*829 170*	*245 213*	*29.57%*
*Podkarpackie* *Province*	*1 644*	*1 644*	*1 625 467*	*638 120*	*39.26%*
*Podlaskie* *Province*	*847*	*847*	*943 278*	*330 400*	*35.03%*
*Pomorskie* *Province*	*1 268*	*1 268*	*1 701 951*	*647 454*	*38.04%*
*Śląskie Province*	*2 675*	*2 675*	*3 764 313*	*1 306 080*	*34.70%*
*Świętokrzyskie* *Province*	*932*	*932*	*1 037 353*	*326 793*	*31.50%*
*Warmińsko-Mazurskie* *Province*	*983*	*983*	*1 122 812*	*352 133*	*31.36%*
*Wielkopolskie* *Province*	*2 093*	*2 093*	*2 623 141*	*917 661*	*34.98%*
*Zachodniopomorskie* *Province*	*1 040*	*1 040*	*1 340 256*	*418 109*	*31.20%*

III. Collective information broken into the cities with the population over 250 thousand

*Item*	*City*	*Total no. of precincts*	*No. of precincts which provided the data*	*No. of eligible electors*	*No. of ballot cards issued*	% *(6:5)*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.	Białystok	161	161	223 820	86 375	38.59%
2.	Bydgoszcz	205	205	296 547	127 515	43.00%
3.	Gdańsk	211	211	364 493	157 114	43.10%
4.	Katowice	163	163	260 810	99 123	38.01%
5.	Kraków	444	444	589 732	253 012	42.90%
6.	Lublin	192	192	280 363	115 063	41.04%
7.	Łódź	396	396	626 579	230 526	36.79%
8.	Poznań	295	295	450 901	189 559	42.04%
9.	Szczecin	201	201	323 580	120 098	37.12%
10.	Warszawa	819	819	1 356 120	605 851	44.68%
11.	Wrocław	304	304	511 812	206 784	40.40%

IV. In comparison with the total number of the eligible voters, the highest turnout has been noted in the administrative district of Godziszów, Lubelskie Province – 60.13%

Member of NEC Stanislaw Zabłocki informed the journalists of two tragic events which had taken place in Rzeszów and Pleszewo where two electors fainted and died afterwards. The foregoing events, however, did not cause extension of the voting time as the electors waited patiently until the voting was renewed.

Infringement of the election silence was noted in one of the shopping malls where the agitation materials were distributed. After intervention, those materials were removed. The election silence was disturbed on the on the Internet but also in this case after the NEC’s intervention the agitation was concluded on discussion fora.