Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party bounced back from its October defeat in the national election to take first place in the country’s regional vote, according to an exit poll published after the polls closed at 9 p.m.
However, the outcome means that the liberal-left coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk will still run the show in most of Poland’s 16 regions; the number will be clearer once vote totals are released. PiS currently rules in six regions.
PiS took 33.7 percent, with Tusk’s Civic Coalition closely behind at 31.9 percent, according to the survey conducted by the IPSOS organization.
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However, the outcome means that the liberal-left coalition of Prime Minister Donald Tusk will still run the show in most of Poland’s 16 regions; the number will be clearer once vote totals are released.
The Third Way, a center-right grouping that forms part of Tusk’s ruling coalition, won 13.5 per cent of the vote, ahead of the far-right opposition Confederation party with 7.5 percent.
A radiant PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński trumpeted the result as a victory which “should, above all, be an incentive for us to work, because it turns out that those who wanted to bury us already, as Mark Twain once said: ‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Poland’s TVN television estimated that Civic Platform won in 10 regions, up from seven in 2018, and PiS was in the lead in six.
Tusk called the outcome a repeat of the October election that removed PiS from power, but then added: “Today we see that this road will not be easy, including in the future.”
Tusk pointed to the victory of Rafał Traskowski, who romped to a first round win with 59.8 percent support in a bid to be reelected mayor of Warsaw.
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