ANNOUNCEMENT

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

 

 

On 9 October 2005, at 6.10 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 Jan Kacprzak

Judge Stanis³aw Kosmal

 

            Members                                           Judge Andrzej M¹czyñski

                                                                      Judge Andrzej Kisielewicz

                                                                       Judge Stanis³aw Zab³ocki

                                                                      

                                                          

 

           

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 4.30 p.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 16.30 p.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 24 998 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 annouces that as at 4.30 p.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 30 138 437.

2. 10 422 745 ballot cards were issued to the eligible voters which constitutes 34.58% 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
dolnoœl¹skie province	1 816	1 816	2 330 858	755 378	32.41%
kujawsko-pomorskie province	1 369	1 369	1 631 153	534 675	32.78%
lubelskie province	1 776	1 776	1 734 251	612 802	35.34%
lubuskie province	655	655	795 253	243 451	30.61%
³ódzkie province	1 701	1 701	2 077 298	703 000	33.84%
ma³opolskie province	2 221	2 221	2 520 079	957 692	38.00%
mazowieckie province	3 186	3 186	4 049 572	1 513 203	37.37%
opolskie province	794	794	829 787	239 531	28.87%
podkarpackie province	1 644	1 644	1 627 004	594 473	36.54%
podlaskie province	847	847	944 446	330 974	35.04%
pomorskie province	1 268	1 268	1 704 636	637 016	37.37%
œl¹skie province	2 675	2 675	3 765 919	1 260 532	33.47%
œwiêtokrzyskie province	932	932	1 039 110	323 371	31.12%
warmiñsko-mazurskie province	983	983	1 124 420	361 297	32.13%
wielkopolskie province	2 093	2 093	2 622 823	922 202	35.16%
zachodniopomorskie province	1 040	1 038	1 341 828	433 148	32.28%

 

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

 

 

IV. In comparison with the total number of the eligible voters, the highest turnout was noted in the Godziszów administrative district, lubelskie province, i.e. 54.81%

 

The NEC Chairman said that during the following conference to be held at 8.10 p.m., the Deputy Chairman Jan Kacprzak will summarize the course of the elections.