An exit poll shows Poland's President Andrzej Duda falls short of the 50 percent required for an outright win in the first round of the presidential election
President Andrzej Duda addressees supporters shortly after voting ended in the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland on June 28, 2020.
Poland’s state electoral commission has said it would release the final official results by Wednesday evening.Whether Duda ultimately wins a second five-year term in two weeks’ time will determine whether the ruling nationalist party that backs him, Law and Justice, keeps its near-monopoly on political power in Poland.
He was projected by the Ipsos poll to have 13.3 percent. Holownia is unaffiliated with any party and generated enthusiasm among some Poles tired of years of bickering between Law and Justice and Civic Platform, the country’s two main parties.A far-right candidate, Krzysztof Bosak, was projected by the exit poll to win 7.4 percent of the vote, and his voters would also be up for grabs in the runoff.
Inside the polling stations, officials wore masks and transparent visors and voters had to carry their own pens to lessen the risk of contagion.
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