Rafal Trzaskowski, a candidate from Poland’s ruling centrist Civic Coalition, with 31.36% support, and Karol Nawrocki, representing the opposition Law and Justice Party, with 29.54%, are heading into Poland’s runoff presidential election, according to the results of the National Electoral Commission’s tally of all ballots, Polish news outlets said.
The official results have not yet been confirmed, and the head of the country’s National Electoral Commission will soon announce them at a press conference.
Slawomir Mentzen from the right-wing political party New Hope is in third place with 14.8%, followed by another right-wing candidate Grzegorz Braun with 6.3%.
They are followed by Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Holownia with 5%, and left-wing candidates Adrian Zandberg (4.8%) and Magdalena Biejat (4.2%). Other candidates received between 0.1% and 1.2% of the vote.
It was noted that the voter turnout of 67.3% on May 18 was the highest since 1990. The runoff presidential election will be held in Poland on June 1.
