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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Poland: Eurosceptic nationalist Karol Nawrocki elected president in tight election

Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country's presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said early on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government.

His rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal Warsaw mayor and an ally of the government led by Donald Tusk, got 49.11%. An exit poll on Sunday had shown Mr Trzaskowski winning with a razor-thin majority.

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