Skip next section Poland’s presidential contenders both claim victory
06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Poland’s presidential contenders both claim victory
The two rivals contesting Poland’s presidential elections are claiming victory as exit polls on Sunday night showed the race was still too close to call.
“We won… by a whisker,” the AFP news agency quoted Warsaw’s pro-EU mayor Rafal Trzaskowski as telling supporters after the poll showed him narrowly ahead with 50.3 percent.
Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki, who was on 49.7 percent, told his supporters: “Tonight we will win. We will win and we will save Poland.”
The forecasts were based on exit polls conducted in around 500 polling stations and have a margin of error of two percentage points.
The official final result is expected on Monday.
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Skip next section Exit poll in Poland’s presidential runoff is too close to call
06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Exit poll in Poland’s presidential runoff is too close to call
As polls closed in Poland’s presidential runoff election, exit polls were too close to predict who might come out on top.
An Ipsos exit poll predicted that liberal Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won 50.3% of the vote and conservative historian KarolNawrocki won 49.7%.
Trzaskowsk is claiming he won the second round of the election.
Voter turnout appeared to be high with at least 54.91% of eligible voters casting their ballots by late Sunday afternoon, according to the electoral commission in Warsaw.
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Skip next section DW asks: What do Poles expect of their next president?
06/01/2025June 1, 2025
DW asks: What do Poles expect of their next president?
From local policies, working with parliament and the war in Ukraine, there’s much at stake in the second round of the presidential elections in Poland.
DW asked people in Warsaw what kind of president they are hoping for.
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Skip next section IN PICTURES — Poland’s presidential runoff election
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IN PICTURES — Poland’s presidential runoff election
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Skip next section Both candidates have cast their votes
06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Both candidates have cast their votes
The two presidential hopefuls in Poland’s runoff vote cast their ballots on Sunday.
Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski posted a photo with his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska on X, calling on Poles to head out and vote.
“Polling stations are open until 9 pm!” he wrote.
Trzaskowski’s rival, Karol Nawrocki, also posted “Long Live Poland,” accompanied by a photo with his family.
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Skip next section Who are the candidates?
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Who are the candidates?
‘s presidential runoff has boiled down to a radically different ideological choice:
Rafal Trzaskowski is backed by the governing Civic Coalition party of Prime Minister , a former European Council president. He was elected mayor of Warsaw in 2018 and re-elected in 2024.
A former deputy foreign minister, the 53-year-old has promised to soften and protect LGBTQ rights. His victory would allow Tusk to push ahead with his reformist agenda.
In 2020, Trzaskowski narrowly lost his first presidential bid to .
This time around, the race is expected to be even tighter. The Warsaw mayor is pitted against Karol Nawrocki, a historian endorsed by Duda who has blocked several laws with his veto power.
The 42-year-old has positioned himself as a defender of traditional Polish values. He campaigned under the slogan “Poland first, Poles first.”
Nawrocki, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, is skeptical of the EU. His win would be a major boost for the opposition Law and Justice party, which governed Poland between 2015 and 2023.
His supporters want stricter curbs on immigration. Nawrocki has called for border controls with to keep out migrants.
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Skip next section Polls open as voting gets underway
06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Polls open as voting gets underway
Polling stations have opened across Poland in the closely fought presidential runoff.
It follows a first round on May 18, in which Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski won by a razor-thin margin. Trzaskowski earned just over 31% against nearly 30% for Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian. Eleven other candidates were eliminated.
Voting will end at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) when exit polls are expected to come out. Final results are likely to be announced on Monday.
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Skip next section WATCH — What’s at stake in Poland’s presidential election?06/01/2025June 1, 2025
WATCH — What’s at stake in Poland’s presidential election?
DW Brussels bureau chief Alexandra von Nahmen explains how the outcome will determine whether Poland embraces a nationalist path or pivots to more pro-EU policies.
Due to the presidential power to veto laws, the winner could make or break the agenda of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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Skip next section Presidential runoff in Poland: Why every vote matters06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Presidential runoff in Poland: Why every vote matters
Agnieszka Hreczuk
Rafal Trzaskowski or Karol Nawrocki? Opinion polls see both remaining candidates neck-and-neck in the runoff.
To many Polish voters, Sunday’s election is not so much about who they want, but who they don’t want to see in office.
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Skip next section Welcome to DW’s coverage of the 2025 Poland presidential election06/01/2025June 1, 2025
Welcome to DW’s coverage of the 2025 Poland presidential election
will go to the polls today to vote in a runoff presidential election between two candidates with starkly different visions for the country.
Voters will choose between pro-EU Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, backed by Prime Minister , and conservative nationalist Karol Nawrocki, supported by the opposition Law and Justice party.
The winner will succeed incumbent President Andrzej Duda, who is finishing his second and final term.
DW will be tracking the latest developments and bringing you multimedia content and analysis on the vote.
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