Presidential elections causes, that political parties are bound to decide many strategic dilemmas. These dilemmas relates to answer to following question – which political aims, except electoral victory, wants to be reached by party? If the party should put up its own candidate for the election? Who should be this candidate? How to make this choice? However after the tragic death of polish president L. Kaczyński, which caused necessary and extraordinary presidential election in Poland, the dilemmas mentioned above came into special and difficult prominence and clearly showed the essential characteristics of Polish political parties.