Poland on a knife’s edge as exit polls show a near tie in presidential runoff

By Euronews

Published connected 01/06/2025 - 21:22 GMT+2•Updated 02/06/2025 - 4:37 GMT+2

Exit polls successful Poland’s statesmanlike runoff Sunday showed nan 2 candidates successful a statistical necktie pinch nan title still excessively adjacent to telephone successful nan profoundly divided nation.

A first exit canvass showed wide Warsaw politician Rafał Trzaskowski pinch a flimsy lead complete blimpish historiographer Karol Nawrocki, but 2 hours later an updated “late poll” showed Nawrocki winning 50.7%, much than Trzaskowski pinch 49.3%

The polls person a separator of correction and nan last consequence is excessively adjacent to telephone astatine this stage, pinch a much broad count expected connected Monday morning.

The results could group nan people for nan nation’s governmental early and its relations pinch nan European Union.

Turnout was 72.8% - higher than nan 67.3% reported successful nan first information connected 18 May. Voting started astatine 7 americium and ended astatine 9 pm.

At a convention astatine 6:30 pm, nan president of nan Polish National Electoral Commission said incidents had been reported during nan voting, pinch "232 imaginable offences" taking place.

The runoff follows a tightly contested first information of voting connected May 18, successful which Trzaskowski won conscionable complete 31% and Nawrocki astir 30%.

Both leaders declare victory

Though nan last consequence was still unclear pinch nan 2 locked successful a adjacent dormant heat, some men claimed to person won successful meetings pinch their supporters successful Warsaw.

“We won,” Trzaskowski told his supporters to chants of “Rafał, Rafał.”

“This is genuinely a typical infinitesimal successful Poland’s history. I americium convinced that it will let america to move guardant and attraction connected nan future,” Trzaskowski said. “I will beryllium your president.”

Nawrocki, speaking to his supporters astatine a abstracted arena successful Warsaw, said he believed he was connected way to win. “We will triumph and prevention Poland,” he said. “We must triumph tonight.”

The caller president will person important power complete whether Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centrist authorities tin fulfil its agenda, fixed nan statesmanlike powerfulness to veto laws.

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