Ruling PiS maintains lead with nearly 100% of votes counted, but opposition alliance is likely to form new Polish government
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Current Polish ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) got more votes than any other political party in Poland in Oct. 15’s parliamentary elections, but with most of the votes now counted, it’s the opposition Civic Coalition led by former Polish PM and EU official Donald Tusk that looks set to form a governing coalition.
With 99.89% of the parliamentary election ballots from Polish polling stations counted on Oct. 17, the official results closely match the exit poll data, Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported.
According to the election commission’s data, the following parties won seats in the Polish Sejm (parliament):
- PiS, the ruling conservative political force led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, with 35.43% of the vote;
- The liberal opposition Civic Coalition (KO), one of the leaders of which is former PM and ex-European Council President Donald Tusk, with 30.66%;
- The centrist coalition of parties, Third Way (Trzecia Droga, TD), with 14.41%;
- The political alliance of left-wing parties, Lewica 8.60%;
- The alliance of far-right Eurosceptic forces, Konfederacja (Confederation), with 7.16%.
The first two were predicted in exit polls to have slightly better results – 36.6% and 31% respectively. Third Way and Konfederacja, on the other hand, performed better than expected. The democratic opposition, which includes Tusk’s party, the centrist Third Way, and the Left alliance, are predicted to form a majority in the Sejm with approximately 250 seats, granting them the authority to form the government.
The parliamentary elections for the Polish Sejm and Senate, as well as a nationwide referendum, were conducted on Oct. 15. Voter turnout was likely at a record high since Poland emerged from Communist rule in 1989.
The leader of the Polish opposition, Donald Tusk, declared victory in the elections, while current Prime Minister Morawiecki expressed readiness to form a government.
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