[1] The leader of Social Democracy, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and incumbent President Lech Wałęsa advanced to the second round.

Lech Wałęsa was elected and sworn in as President in December 1990, succeeding Wojciech Jaruzelski and leading to the ultimate end of communist rule in Poland.

Regardless of the cabinet changes, Bielecki's time as Prime Minister would largely follow the course set by his predecessor.

The 1993 Polish parliamentary election saw SLD become the largest party, winning a plurality of 171 (37.2%) of seats while receiving only 20.4% of votes.

[3] Social Democracy During SdRP's Congress on 13 May, Kwaśniewski secured his party's endorsement for President with 296 out of 300 votes.

[6] In the Summer of 1995, the Convent agreed to hold meetings to select a joint presidential candidate for that year's election.

Political opponents challenged his candidacy, and produced evidence to show that he had lied about his education in registration documents and public presentations.

A law court confirmed that Kwaśniewski had lied about his record, but did not penalize him for it, judging the information irrelevant to the election result.