Ex-Boxer Karol Nawrocki Wins Presidential Poll
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Poland has elected Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist conservative, as its next president — a win that signals a turn to the right in one of the European Union's member states.
Warsaw’s liberal mayor and his insurgent populist challenger are locked in a dead heat as they fight for the presidency of Poland, exit polls projected after Sunday’s head-to-head vote, leaving the country tilting between two wildly different political futures.
Preliminary results are displayed during the election night event showing the percentage of votes for presidential candidates, Karol Nawrocki and Rafal Trzaskowski at the Mala Warszawa Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, during the second round of the presidential elections on June 1. WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
A victory for Rafal Trzaskowski, 53 of the centrist Civic Platform party would deepen Poland’s integration with EU, ease the near total abortion ban and bolster LGBTQ+ rights. In contrast, Karol Nawrocki,
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Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future.