A second exit poll in Poland has predicted the governing right-wing populist Law and Justice party won the most votes in Sunday’s election but will lose its majority in parliament.
If the official result, expected on Tuesday, confirms the second exit poll prediction – which has a 2% margin of error – it’s up to President Andrzej Duda, a former Law and Justice MP, to appoint a new prime minister to form a government.
Poland’s PiS Defiant as Progressives Claim Victory
Early indicators from Sunday’s Polish election point to the formation of a rainbow coalition of progressive parties, but conservative Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński insisted that “it is not over yet” as he expressed his wish to still form a majority government.
While the official vote count is still going on, exit polls released Sunday night indicate a better-than-expected showing for Poland’s liberal opposition, despite Donald Tusk’s Civil Coalition Party only performing roughly as well as in the last election. The ruling PiS party remained the largest party in terms of both parliamentary representation and popular support—a result that, if it holds, could herald many weeks of uncertainty for the Eastern European nation if true.
