Nawrocki wins Polish presidential election

Nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, defeating Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski

Nawrocki
Backed by Law and Justice party (PiS)

Trzaskowski
Ally of centrist government led by Donald Tusk

50.89%
Number of votes: 10,606,877

49.11%
10,237,286
50%

Nawrocki has pledged to use presidential veto to block Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s reforms

Result – welcomed by right-wing forces in Europe and U.S. – is likely to re-energise PiS opposition

Source: National Electoral Commission of Poland
Pictures: Getty Images
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