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"People were seen queuing in long lines outside polling stations in what
appears to have been an election with record-breaking turnout (74.31%) in
Poland. Now it seems the right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) is on the way
out of government. Although PiS came away with the highest percentage of votes
(35.38%), a coalition of opposition parties looks more likely to end up in
power.
The Civic Coalition (KO), an alliance of centre-right parties led by former
European Council president Donald Tusk, has secured 157 seats in parliament.
This itself is shy of the 231 needed to form a majority but combining with
Third Way, a centrist alliance which took 65 seats, and the New Left, which
took 26 seats, a government is possible.
PiS took 194 seats by itself but this is not enough to form a government alone
or in cooperation with the far-right Confederation (KON), which took just 18
seats. Even in an election not considered entirely fair, the party that has
ruled Poland since 2015 could no longer cling to power."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
