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UPDATE: Conservative incumbent wins Poland’s runoff presidential election - exit poll

12.07.2020 21:09
Poland’s conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda narrowly won Poland’s runoff presidential election on Sunday, according to an exit poll.
Andrzej Duda (second left).
Andrzej Duda (second left). Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

The official results are expected to be announced over the next few days.

Duda, who is bidding for a second term in office, won 50.4 percent of the vote, according to exit poll results released seconds after voting ended at 9 pm.

Opposition-backed challenger Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, won 49.6 percent, the Ipsos exit poll found.

Turnout on Sunday was 68.9 percent.

In a first round of voting on June 28, no candidate won an outright majority, meaning a second round had to be held.

The Polish president is the head of state and has the power to veto legislation passed by parliament, a key prerogative in a country where traditionalists and liberals are bitterly divided.

(pk/gs)

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