diff --git a/lib/tasks/consul.rake b/lib/tasks/consul.rake
index 9f56f3c38..0e89a360f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/consul.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/consul.rake
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace :consul do
   desc "Runs tasks needed to upgrade from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0"
   task "execute_release_2.2.0_tasks": [
     "db:mask_ips",
-    "polls:remove_duplicate_voters"
+    "polls:remove_duplicate_voters",
+    "polls:remove_duplicate_answers"
   ]
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/polls.rake b/lib/tasks/polls.rake
index b6040a127..bda3058eb 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/polls.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/polls.rake
@@ -28,4 +28,37 @@ namespace :polls do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  desc "Removes duplicate poll answers"
+  task remove_duplicate_answers: :environment do
+    logger = ApplicationLogger.new
+    duplicate_records_logger = DuplicateRecordsLogger.new
+
+    logger.info "Removing duplicate answers in polls"
+
+    Tenant.run_on_each do
+      duplicate_ids = Poll::Answer.where(option_id: nil)
+                                  .select(:question_id, :author_id, :answer)
+                                  .group(:question_id, :author_id, :answer)
+                                  .having("count(*) > 1")
+                                  .pluck(:question_id, :author_id, :answer)
+
+      duplicate_ids.each do |question_id, author_id, answer|
+        poll_answers = Poll::Answer.where(question_id: question_id, author_id: author_id, answer: answer)
+
+        poll_answers.excluding(poll_answers.first).each do |poll_answer|
+          poll_answer.delete
+
+          tenant_info = " on tenant #{Tenant.current_schema}" unless Tenant.default?
+          log_message = "Deleted duplicate record with ID #{poll_answer.id} " \
+                        "from the #{Poll::Answer.table_name} table " \
+                        "with question_id #{question_id}, " \
+                        "author_id #{author_id} " \
+                        "and answer #{answer}" + tenant_info.to_s
+          logger.info(log_message)
+          duplicate_records_logger.info(log_message)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/polls.rb b/spec/factories/polls.rb
index 4e07dc5f5..735c20cb8 100644
--- a/spec/factories/polls.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/polls.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ FactoryBot.define do
       end
     end
 
+    trait :abcde do
+      after(:create) do |question|
+        %w[A B C D E].each do |letter|
+          create(:poll_question_option, question: question, title: "Answer #{letter}")
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     factory :poll_question_unique do
       after(:create) do |question|
         create(:votation_type_unique, questionable: question)
diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/polls_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/polls_spec.rb
index 2b43c969d..da5050564 100644
--- a/spec/lib/tasks/polls_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/polls_spec.rb
@@ -46,4 +46,78 @@ describe "polls tasks" do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "polls:remove_duplicate_answers" do
+    before { Rake::Task["polls:remove_duplicate_answers"].reenable }
+
+    it "removes duplicate answers" do
+      question = create(:poll_question_multiple, :abcde, poll: poll, max_votes: 4)
+      abc_question = create(:poll_question_multiple, :abc, poll: poll)
+
+      answer_attributes = {
+        question_id: question.id,
+        author_id: user.id,
+        answer: "Answer A",
+        option_id: nil
+      }
+      abc_answer_attributes = answer_attributes.merge(question_id: abc_question.id, answer: "Answer B")
+
+      answer = create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes)
+      other_answer = create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes.merge(answer: "Answer B"))
+      other_user_answer = create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes.merge(author_id: create(:user).id))
+      abc_answer = create(:poll_answer, abc_answer_attributes)
+
+      2.times { insert(:poll_answer, answer_attributes) }
+      insert(:poll_answer, abc_answer_attributes)
+
+      expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 7
+
+      Rake.application.invoke_task("polls:remove_duplicate_answers")
+
+      expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 4
+      expect(Poll::Answer.all).to match_array [answer, other_answer, other_user_answer, abc_answer]
+    end
+
+    it "does not remove answers with the same text and different options" do
+      question = create(:poll_question_multiple, :abcde, max_votes: 4)
+      option_a = question.question_options.find_by(title: "Answer A")
+      option_b = question.question_options.find_by(title: "Answer B")
+
+      answer_attributes = { question: question, author: user, answer: "Answer A" }
+      create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes.merge(option: option_a))
+      create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes.merge(option: option_b))
+
+      expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 2
+
+      Rake.application.invoke_task("polls:remove_duplicate_answers")
+
+      expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 2
+    end
+
+    it "removes duplicate answers on tenants" do
+      create(:tenant, schema: "answers")
+
+      Tenant.switch("answers") do
+        user = create(:user, :level_two)
+        question = create(:poll_question_multiple, :abc)
+
+        answer_attributes = {
+          question_id: question.id,
+          author_id: user.id,
+          answer: "Answer A",
+          option_id: nil
+        }
+        create(:poll_answer, answer_attributes)
+        insert(:poll_answer, answer_attributes)
+
+        expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 2
+      end
+
+      Rake.application.invoke_task("polls:remove_duplicate_answers")
+
+      Tenant.switch("answers") do
+        expect(Poll::Answer.count).to eq 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end