section_path: Political career/2025 presidential campaign
section_name: 2025 presidential campaign
paragraph_text: 2025 presidential campaign
  
  On 22 November 2024, he was chosen in a primary by the Civic Platform party to be their candidate for Presidency of Poland to stand in the 2025 Polish presidential election, defeating foreign minister Radosław Sikorski after winning 75% of the vote. He finished first in the first round held on 18 May 2025 with 31.1% of the vote, and faced PiS candidate Karol Nawrocki in a runoff on 1 June 2025, where he lost, with Nawrocki winning 50.89% of the vote.