Record number of Poles abroad register to vote in election

Donald Tusk, leader of Poland's opposition centre-right Civic Platform party, who has said he will legalise abortion on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy if he is elected prime minister. Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty Images

More than half a million people have registered abroad to vote in Poland’s election on Sunday, as the ruling Law & Justice party hopes for an unprecedented third consecutive term in power.

More than 608,000 overseas voters are reported to have registered to vote by the midnight deadline, a record number in the country’s history.