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Poles are electing their president today, with the results expected to be close and could be decisive for the future of the European-oriented country's government. Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. and closed at 9:00 p.m.
The pro-European mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Traskowski, is expected to receive 30% of the vote in the first round of the election, ahead of nationalist historian Karol Nawroski, who according to polls is receiving 25% of the vote.
If the predictions are confirmed, the two candidates will face each other in the second round scheduled for June 1, at a sensitive moment for Europe, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, far-right forces continue to strengthen and relations with Washington remain tense.
A total of 13 candidates – 12 men and one woman – are running in the presidential election. The first estimates will be made public shortly after the polls close, with the final results expected tomorrow, Monday. Poles are being asked to choose the successor to Andrzej Duda, who cannot run again after serving two five-year terms as president.
Traskovski, 53, is a candidate with the liberal-conservative Citizens' Coalition, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Duda's right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is the largest opposition party and lost power to Tusk's coalition in 2023, is backing the 43-year-old Nawroski.
Some voters are hoping that this deadlock will end. "I hope this election will complete the change," Hubert Michalowski, a 50-year-old businessman who is against any right-wing change for Poland, told AFP.
He states that he hopes his country "remains at the center and reverses this trend in Europe as well."
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