Vote too close to call, Trzaskowski claims victory – DW – 06/01/2025

The two rivals that challenge the presidential elections of Poland demanded the victory while the exit polls on Sunday evening showed that the race was still too close to call.

“We have won … by a mustache,” said the AFP news agency quoted the pro-EU Mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, as saying to the supporters after the survey showed it closely with 50.3%.

The nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki, who was on 49.7%, told his supporters: “Tonight, we will win. We will win and we will save Poland.”

The forecasts were based on the exit polls carried out in around 500 polling stations and have a margin of error of two percentage points.

The official end result is expected on Monday.

While the polls closed in the presidential elections of Poland, the exit surveys were too close to predict which could appear in the lead.

An Ipsos release survey predicted that the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski won 50.3% of the votes and the conservative historian Karol
Nawrocki won 49.7%.

Trzaskowsk says he won the second round of the elections.

The participation rate seems to be high with at least 54.91% of eligible voters who voted Sunday afternoon Sunday afternoon, according to the Warsaw Electoral Commission.

According to local policies, by working with Parliament and the war in Ukraine, there is a lot at stake in the second round of the presidential elections in Poland.

DW asked people in Warsaw what type of president they hope.

The two presidential hopes during the vote of the runoff of Poland voted on Sunday.

The mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski, published a photo with his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska on X, calling posts to go out and vote.

“The polling stations are open until 9 pm!” He wrote.

The Trzaskowski rival, Karol Nawrocki, also published “Long Live Poland”, accompanied by a photo with his family.

PolandPresidential runoff has summed up a radically different ideological choice: A pro-European liberal against a faithful nationalist.

Rafal Trzaskowski is supported by the party of the Civic Coalition governess of the Prime Minister Donald TuskA former president of the European Council. He was elected mayor of Warsaw in 2018 and re -elected in 2024.

Former deputy minister for foreign affairs, the 53 -year -old man promised to soften The ban on almost total abortion of Poland and protect LGBTQ rights. His victory would allow Tusk to advance his reformist program.

In 2020, Trzaskowski narrowly lost his first presidential candidacy to Andrzej Duda release, which ends its second and last mandate.

This time, the race should be even tighter. The mayor of Warsaw is opposed to Karol Nawrocki, a historian approved by Duda who blocked several laws with his veto.

The 42 -year -old man positioned himself as a defender of traditional Polish values. He campaigned under the slogan “Poland First, Polish first”.

Nawrocki, an admirer of the American president Donald Trump, is skeptical about the EU. His victory would be a major boost for the Opposition Law and Justice Party, which governed Poland between 2015 and 2023.

His supporters want more strict borders on immigration. Nawrocki called for border controls with Germany To prevent migrants.

The polling stations opened through Poland during the closely fought presidential runoff.

He followed a first round on May 18, in which the mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski won with a thin margin like a razor. Trzaskowski earned just over 31% against almost 30% for Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian. Eleven other candidates have been eliminated.

The vote will end at 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) when exit surveys should be released. The end results are expected to be announced on Monday.

DW Brussels office chief Alexandra Von Nahmen, explains how the result will determine whether Poland adopts a nationalist path or pivotes more pro-elected policies.

Due to the presidential power of veto to the laws, the winner could do or break the agenda of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Rafal Trzaskowski or Karol Nawrocki? Opinion polls see the two remaining candidates in the neck in the runoff.

For many Polish voters, Sunday elections do not concern so much who they want, but who they do not want to see in power.

Learn more about what is at stake in the presidential election of Poland.

Poland will go to the polls today to vote during a presidential runoff between two candidates with very different visions for the country.

Voters will choose between the mayor of Warsaw Pro-EU Rafal Trzaskowski, supported by the Prime Minister Donald TuskAnd the conservative nationalist Karol Nawrocki, supported by the Party of the Law and the Justice of the Opposition.

The winner will succeed in outgoing president Andrzej Duda, who finishes his second and last mandate.

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