Nationalist party wins power in Poland

A landslide election victory for Poland’s conservative opposition ends eight years of centrist rule and could set the former communist state
on a collision course with key European Union allies
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Law and Justice party (PiS) of veteran nationalist Jaroslaw Kaczynski (pictured next to Beata Szydlo, candidate for prime minister) projected to win 37.7% of vote, enough to give slim majority – first in 26-year history of democratic Poland
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Law and Justice (PiS) 37.7% 232 SEATS
The Civic Platform (PO) 23.6% 137 SEATS
Kukiz’15 8.7%
Nowoczesna 7.7%
Polish Peasants Party 5.2% 
Others 
Parliament 460 seats

Results according to polling data from 90% of voting
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Picture: Getty Images

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