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Politico (1 June 2025)

Wojciech Kość

Right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki narrowly beat centrist Rafał Trzaskowski in Poland’s presidential election runoff, winning 50.89 percent of the vote to 49.11 percent, according to the electoral commission.

The result was a dramatic shift from an initial exit poll released immediately after voting ended at 9 p.m. In that survey, which had a 2 percentage point margin of error, Trzaskowski had 50.3 percent compared to 49.7 percent for Nawrocki. Turnout was 71.6 percent.

Despite the early uncertainty Nawrocki insisted that he would prevail. “We will win tonight,” he said as his supporters chanted: “Karol Nawrocki, the president of Poland.”

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