According to preliminary exit polls, the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski won the first round of the presidential election in Poland on Sunday, followed by Karol Nawrocki. The two politicians will face each other in the second round on 1 June.
According to preliminary exit polls, the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski won the first round of the presidential election in Poland on Sunday, followed by Karol Nawrocki.
The two politicians will face each other in the second round on 1 June.
Poland's Ruling Civic Platform (PO) coalition candidate Rafał Trzaskowski won the presidential election first round, according to preliminary exit polls on Sunday night.
Trzaskowski has won 30.8% of the vote, while the second place went to PiS-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki, who won 29.1%, the poll prepared by Ipsos on behalf of TVP, TVN and Polsat showed.
According to a separate poll by the Nationwide Research Group (NRG) for Telewizja Republika, Trzaskowski won 31.6% while Nawrocki won 29.8%.
The two candidates will now face each other in the presidential vote runoff, which will take place on 1 June.
Slawomir Mentzen has come in third, with 15.4% of the vote according to the Ipsos poll and 14% according to the NRG one.
Thirteen candidates took part in the first round of the election: 11 men and two women.
During a press conference at 6:30 pm, the State Election Commission said that the turnout had reached 50.69% by 5 pm.
By comparison, the turnout in the previous presidential election in 2020 in the first round was 64.5%.
Just over 28 million people are eligible to vote in Poland.
On Monday and Tuesday, the State Election Commission will report on turnout and results at press conferences.
If the turnout is high, we will have to wait up to two days for the official election results.
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