Electoral system for the president

Article 127

1. The President of the Republic shall be elected by the Nation, in universal, equal

and direct elections, conducted by secret ballot.

2. The President of the Republic shall be elected for a 5-year term of office and

may be re-elected only for one more term.

3. Only a Polish citizen who, no later than the day of the elections, has attained 35

years of age and has a full electoral franchise in elections to the Sejm, may be

elected President of the Republic. Any such candidature shall be supported by

the signatures of at least 100,000 citizens having the right to vote in elections to

the Sejm.

4. A candidate who has received more than half of the valid votes shall be

considered elected President of the Republic. If none of the candidates has

received the required majority of votes, then a repeat ballot shall be held on the

14th day after the first vote.

5. The two candidates who have received the largest number of votes in the first

ballot shall participate in a repeat ballot. If one of the two such candidates

withdraws his consent to candidacy, forfeits his electoral rights or dies, he shall

be replaced in the repeat ballot by the candidate who received the next highest

consecutive number of votes in the first ballot. In such case, the date of the

repeat ballot shall be extended by a further 14 days.

6. The candidate who receives the higher number of votes in the repeat ballot shall

be elected President of the Republic.

7. The principles of and procedure for nominating candidates and conducting the

elections, as well as the requirements for validity of the election of the President

of the Republic, shall be specified by statute.