Szymon Hołownia submits 400,000 signatures in Poland’s presidential bid

Third Way candidate Szymon Hołownia submits four times the required signatures for Poland’s presidential race.

Third Way candidate Szymon Hołownia and Deputy PM Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz submit signatures to register Hołownia’s presidential bid, Warsaw, March 20, 2025.

Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

On Thursday, Szymon Hołownia, candidate of the centrist Third Way coalition, submitted 400,000 signatures - four times the 100,000 required by Poland’s National Electoral Commission to register for the presidential election. His campaign was supported by the organizational structures of his Poland 2050 movement and the Polish People’s Party (PSL).

Hołownia was accompanied by PSL leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz as he delivered the signatures. He joins other officially registered candidates, including Sławomir Mentzen (Confederation), Rafał Trzaskowski (Civic Coalition), Grzegorz Braun (MEP), and economist Artur Bartoszewicz, as well as left-wing politician Adrian Zandberg.

The commission is still verifying signatures submitted a day earlier by Karol Nawrocki, a civic candidate backed by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS). This is Hołownia’s second presidential bid - five years ago, he placed third with 13.87% of the vote.

400 tysięcy podpisów! Dziękuję wszystkim, którzy zaangażowali się w ich zbiórkę, dziękuję wszystkim, którzy się podpisali. Bez was by się nie udało! Zaraz składamy je w PKW.

Zaczynamy najlepszy etap kampanii. Przed nami 2 miesiące ciężkiej pracy, wiece, spotkania i rozmowy w…

— Szymon Hołownia (@szymon_holownia) March 20, 2025

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