Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski is leading the parliamentary elections with 40.17% of the vote after processing 10.3% of the ballots, the Republic’s State Election Commission reports.
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The closest pursuer of PiS – the opposition “Civil Coalition” – based on the results of processing 10.3% of ballots, it gains 26.55% of the votes.
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In addition to the right-wing populist “Law and Justice” and the right-liberal “Civil Coalition”, the centrist “Third Way” – 13.66% of the votes, the “Left” – 8.34% and the coalition of nationalists and Eurosceptics “Confederation” – 7.35% are entering parliament.
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This balance of power indicates that if three opposition forces – the Civic Platform, the Third Way and the Left – unite into a coalition, together they will not be able to receive more than half of the parliamentary mandates and form a government.
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However, we are talking about only 10.3% of processed ballots, while the exit-poll of the Ipsos laboratory suggests that the opposition, if it can unite, will receive a parliamentary majority.
