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Right-wing
candidate Karol Nawrocki wins after close race, official results show
The
populist-right opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and
Justice party (PiS), has won Poland’s presidential election, defeating his
pro-European rival Rafał Trzaskowski, in a nail-bitingly close contest.
Official
results showed Nawrocki took 50.89% of votes in the runoff, with Trzaskowski on
49.11%.
Nawrocki’s
victory is a major blow for the coalition government led by Donald Tusk and is
expected to prolong the current political deadlock in the country as well as
complicate the country’s position in Europe.
The
results comes after a dramatic turnaround given the first exit poll published
just as the polls closed had suggested a narrow win for Trzaskowski by 0.6pp,
prompting him to declare victory.
Nawrocki
did not concede, saying he remained confident he would win when all the votes
were counted. “We will win and save Poland,” he said. “We must win tonight.”
During a
bitterly fought and often bad-tempered campaign in recent weeks, the two men
have offered very different visions of Poland, and the result of the race will
have enormous implications for the country’s political future, given the
president’s ability to veto government legislation.
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