According to opposition leader Donald Tusk, the election result is a victory for both democracy and Poland. However, the ruling Law and Justice party may try to form a government first.
of the former Prime Minister of Poland Donald Hardly led by the opposition coalition is winning the country’s parliamentary elections.
According to door-to-door polls, the opposition Citizens’ Forum and two smaller parties will get 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of the Polish parliament. The conservative Law and Justice party, which ruled until 2015, and the far-right Confederation party are getting 212 seats.
Jaroslaw Kaczyński led by the Law and Justice party, however, received the most support, 36.8 percent of the votes. Naski Kansalaisforum collected 31.6 percent of the votes.
The support of the right-wing coalition was worse than expected, so it is difficult to form the majority required to form a government. Kaczyński admitted that despite the number of votes the party received, it cannot necessarily hold on to its dominant position.
– The question is whether we can translate this success into a new government term, and we don’t know the answer to that, he stated.
Assistant to the President of Poland Małgorzata Paprockan according to Law and Justice will probably at least try to form a government first.
Donald Tusk, on the other hand, said that the reign of the Law and Justice party is over. He described the election result as a victory for both democracy and Poland.
– I’ve never been so happy about seemingly coming second, Tusk said on Sunday evening after the results of the door-to-door polls were announced.
Polling stations in Poland closed on Sunday at 22:00 Finnish time. According to the Polish Electoral Commission, voter turnout was at its highest level since the 1989 elections and the fall of communism. According to the commission, 72.9 percent of those entitled to vote went to vote. The counting of votes is scheduled to be completed by Tuesday morning.
Sources: Reuters, AP, AFP