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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Warsaw

Poles vote as PiS hopes to win third term and fend off Tusk-led opposition

Supporters of the main opposition party Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska) wave polish flags a rally in Pruszkow, Poland.
Supporters of the main opposition party Civic Coalition (Koalicja Obywatelska) wave polish flags a rally in Pruszkow, Poland. Photograph: Wojtek Radwański/AFP/Getty Images

Poles are voting in the country’s parliamentary election, with the populist Law and Justice (PiS) government trying to win a third term in office and see off a challenge from an opposition led by the former prime minister and European Council president Donald Tusk.

Polling in the run-up to the vote suggested the race was too close to call, and the ability for either PiS or Tusk’s Civic Coalition to form a government is likely to come down to the results of other, smaller parties.

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