Poland election: final results suggest opposition parties could form Tusk-led coalition – Europe live

Donald Tusk, the Civic Coalition party leader, celebrating the exit poll results on 15 October. Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty Images

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Summary of the day

• The final results of Poland’s Sunday election were published. Law and Justice (PiS) got 35.38%, Civic Coalition (KO) 30.7%, Third Way: 14.4%, The Left (Lewica): 8.61% and Konfederacja: 7.16%

• The country now waits to see how long it will take for a new governing coalition led by Donald Tusk to be formed.

• Tusk has asked Poland’s President Andrzej Duda to move quickly.

• Manfred Weber, the leader of the centre-right European People’s Party, said that “we are extremely happy about the outcome – the Polish people have spoken”.

• Mikuláš Dzurinda, a former Slovak prime minister, told the Guardian this morning that the outcome of the Polish election would “boost the centripetal tendencies in the EU”.

• Róża Thun, a member of Polska 2050, part of Third Way, said “this was a victory of democracy” but also that there are “huge challenges in front of us”.

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Tusk calls for quick decision

The Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk has asked Poland’s President Andrzej Duda for a quick decision.

Duda is expected to soon indicate his preference for which party should get the first chance to form a government.

Tusk said opposition parties are in constant contact and ready to take over at any time.

Updated at 1.46pm BST