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Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes from 100% of electoral districts.
In Poland's presidential election, Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly leads against Karol Nawrocki, indicating a substantial anti-establishment sentiment. A Trzaskowski win could advance democratic reforms promised by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, emerged as the front-runners in Poland’s presidential election Sunday, according to an exit poll, putting them on track to face off in a second round in two weeks.
The data from polling stations abroad are already known. Poland is awaiting the second round of the presidential election. In the first round, the Civic Coalition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski is leading with a minimal margin of 31.2%, while the second is the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki with 29.7%.
In Poland's presidential election, Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly leads over nationalist Karol Nawrocki, setting up a critical runoff on June 1. The outcome will significantly influence Poland's European policy direction.
Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the Oxford-educated son of a jazz musician and frontrunner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, made friends across the European Parliament when he worked there, including with Portugal's now-foreign minister.