President Andrzej Duda was marginally ahead in Poland's presidential election, an exit poll showed on Sunday, in a result with profound implications for relations with the rest of the European Union.
Polish President and presidential candidate Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda visit a polling station during the second round of a presidential election in Krakow, Poland July 12, 2020. Adrianna Bochenek/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
WARSAW - President Andrzej Duda was marginally ahead in Poland’s presidential election, an exit poll showed on Sunday, in a result with profound implications for relations with the rest of the European Union. Duda, an ally of the ruling nationalists Law and Justice , got 50.4% of the vote, according to the exit poll.
Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the favoured candidate of the main opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform , got 49.6%. The exit poll by Ipsos has a margin of error of two percentage points for each candidate. Preliminary results are expected on Monday.
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