The Polish election count is underway PiS is at 37

The Polish election count is underway: PiS is at 37%, but Tusk’s pro EU coalition is at 51%

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About three quarters of the ballots have been counted. The final results are expected to be announced on Tuesday, the dpa agency said

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The counting is underway in Poland, where voting for the parliamentary elections took place yesterday. Even after around three quarters (76%) of the votes were counted, the results predicted in the election polls and the partial polls in the early afternoon were confirmed: Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s PiS, with no allies in sight, achieved 37%, while Donald’s Ko Tusk got 29%. , Terza Via 14%, la

8% of the left and 7% of the ultra-right of the Confederation, as shown on the Polish National Electoral Commission website.

Forecasts

According to the Ipsos Institute exit poll published last night, the Pis are expected to end up at 37%, Ko at 32%, Terza Via at 13%, the Left at 9% and the Confederation at 6%. “The final election results will probably not be announced until Tuesday,” recalls the Dpa agency. These elections will elect 460 deputies to the Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament, and 100 senators: they will remain in office for the next four years.

epa10920099 Donald Tusk (center), the leader of Poland's largest opposition party Civic Platform (PO), arrives at a polling station in Warsaw on October 15, 2023. Parliamentary elections will take place in Poland from 7 a.m. in which citizens elected 460 representatives and 100 senators for a four-year term. In addition to the elections, a four-point referendum will also be held in Poland on the same day on privatizing state-owned companies, raising the retirement age, accepting migrants under the EU relocation mechanism and removing border barriers with Belarus. EPA/Leszek Szymanski POLAND OUT

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