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  • Second round needed Second round needed UPDATE 1- With 94 percent of votes counted, preliminary results released by Poland’s Election Commission put Bronislaw Komorowski on 41,3 percent, with his main rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski just 4,5 percent behind. czytaj dalej »
  • Preliminary results show close election in Poland Preliminary results show close election in Poland With 15 percent of votes counted, preliminary results released by Poland’s Election Commission put Bronislaw Komorowski on 39 percent, with his main rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski just two percent behind. czytaj dalej »
  • Exit poll – Komorowski fails to win outright majority Exit poll – Komorowski fails to win outright majority As polling stations closed at 20.00 CET, Sunday, in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections exit polls suggest Bronislaw Komorowski has won between 40 to 45.7 percent of the vote – not enough to take him straight into the Presidential Palace. czytaj dalej »
  • Presidential elections underway in Poland Presidential elections underway in Poland Polling stations opened at 06.00 CET this morning in the first round of presidential elections in Poland. The National Election Commission has informed that in the first two hours of polling turnout amounted to 1.87 percent of the electorate. czytaj dalej »
  • ‘Pre-election silence’ descends on Poland ahead of Sunday ballot ‘Pre-election silence’ descends on Poland ahead of Sunday ballot From midnight Friday to 20.00 CET Sunday all opinion polls are banned in Poland and the candidates must stop campaigning during ‘pre-election silence’ ahead of of first round of the presidential elections. czytaj dalej »
  • No TV debate before Sunday’s ballot No TV debate before Sunday’s ballot Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Bronislaw Komorowski will not be holding a TV debate tonight, both campaign teams have announced in the last day of hustings before Sunday’s ballot. czytaj dalej »
  • Jaroslaw Kaczynski pays homage to twin brother on 61st birthday Jaroslaw Kaczynski pays homage to twin brother on 61st birthday Jaroslaw Kaczynski pays homage to twin brother on 61st birthday czytaj dalej »
  • Kaczynski closes poll gap to six percent Kaczynski closes poll gap to six percent Just two days before polling day in the presidential elections and an opinion poll conducted for Polish Radio finds Bronislaw Komorowski’s lead over Jaroslaw Kaczynski has narrowed to just under six percent. czytaj dalej »
  • Komorowski visits former president’s tomb Komorowski visits former president’s tomb In the last but one day of campaigning ahead of Sunday’s presidential election first round Civic Platform’s candidate Bronislaw Komorowski has paid a tribute to the late president Lech Kaczynski in Krakow. czytaj dalej »
  • Kaczynski gives emotional interview to celeb magazine Kaczynski gives emotional interview to celeb magazine The usually restrained presidential candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski opens up to a glossy celebrity magazine, in the run up to election day on June 20, about his personal feelings on losing his twin brother Lech in the Smolensk air disaster, about his mother’s illness and his status as a single man. czytaj dalej »
  • Final election call for ex-pat voters Final election call for ex-pat voters Thursday is the last day for Poles abroad to register for voting in the presidential elections. czytaj dalej »
  • Kaczynski: now let’s debate health! Kaczynski: now let’s debate health! Following the court ruling that presidential candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski must apologise for misrepresenting his rival Bronislaw Komorowski’s position on health care, the Kaczynski campaign team has suggested a TV debate between the two on the future of Poland’s health care service. czytaj dalej »
  • Komorowski wins ‘health privatisation’ smear court case Komorowski wins ‘health privatisation’ smear court case Jaroslaw Kaczynski (Law and Justice) has to correct an untrue statement in which he accused presidential election rival Bronislaw Komorowski of wanting to privatize Poland’s health care services, a Warsaw District Court ruled, Wednesday. czytaj dalej »
  • Poll - Komorowski close to outright majority Poll - Komorowski close to outright majority Bronislaw Komorowski’s hopes of winning outright in the first round of the presidential elections on June 20 got a boost from the latest opinion poll, which puts the Civic Platform candidate on 48 percent support, just two percent from the magic majority needed. czytaj dalej »
  • Kaczynski - ‘Poland most important’ Kaczynski - ‘Poland most important’ A nation that is strong, independent and modern without political conflict is Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s main election messages, under the campaign slogan: Poland is the most important. czytaj dalej »
  • High noon court decision for Kaczynski and Komorowski High noon court decision for Kaczynski and Komorowski A Warsaw court is rule at 12.00 CET today on a dispute between presidential candidates Bronilsaw Komorowski and Jaroslaw Kaczynski over whether the former wants to privatise Poland’s health service. czytaj dalej »
  • Former leftist PM to back Komorowski? Former leftist PM to back Komorowski? Leftist former prime minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz is to give his support in the first round of the presidential elections on Sunday to centre-right candidate Bronislaw Komorowski, as part of a strategy to attract left-leaning voters. czytaj dalej »
  • Kaczynski – the tabloid’s favourite Kaczynski – the tabloid’s favourite The Law and Justice candidate for president Jaroslaw Kaczynski appears on the covers of Polish tabloids more often than any other candidate, shows a study. czytaj dalej »
  • Court to rule on Kaczynski’s ‘health privatisation’ jibe Court to rule on Kaczynski’s ‘health privatisation’ jibe Bronislaw Komorowski’s election campaign team have appealed to a court to rule on Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s claim that he wants to privatise Poland’s health service. czytaj dalej »
  • Presidential hopefuls sum up debate Presidential hopefuls sum up debate After Sunday’s televised debate, four of the central candidates running for presidential office told media how they felt the debate went. czytaj dalej »
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ELECTIONS ON POLISH RADIO

  • Komorowski wins, what next? 5.07.2010 With the prime minister’s close ally moving to the presidential palace, will the government carry out the promised reforms?listen more »

OFFICIAL RESULTS

National Election Commission - SECOND ROUND - official results2010-07-05 17:00
Bronisław Komorowski
53,01%
Jarosław Kaczyński
46,99%
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
  • thumb ELECTIONS 2010 - FACTSHEET »
  • thumb MAREK JUREK Marek Jurek is head of the Christian conservative Polish Right, a splinter group founded by five defecting parliamentarians from Law and Justice. więcej »
  • thumb JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI Jaroslaw Kaczynski is leader of Law and Justice, a national-conservative party he founded with his twin brother, Lech. więcej »
  • thumb BRONISŁAW KOMOROWSKI Bronislaw Komorowski is the current Speaker of Parliament and has been acting president of Poland since the death of Lech Kaczynski. więcej »
  • thumb JANUSZ KORWIN-MIKKE Janusz Korwin-Mikke is a conservative libertarian politician and former leader of the Union of Real Politics. więcej »
  • thumb ANDRZEJ LEPPER Andrzej Lepper is the leader of Self Defence, an agrarian populist party with a mainly rural electoral base. więcej »
  • thumb KORNEL MORAWIECKI Kornel Morawiecki is head of Fighting Solidarity, founded in 1982 as a splinter group of the Solidarity trade union. więcej »
  • thumb GRZEGORZ NAPIERALSKI Grzegorz Napieralski has been the leader of SLD since 2008 and replaced Jerzy Szmajdzinski as the party’s candidate after he died in the air crash. więcej »
  • thumb ANDRZEJ OLECHOWSKI Andrzej Olechowski was born in Krakow in 1947 and studied economics at Warsaw School of Economics. więcej »
  • thumb WALDEMAR PAWLAK Waldemar Pawlak is a former prime minister of Poland - the first time in 1992 for just 33 days - but again in 1993 -95. więcej »
  • thumb BOGUSŁAW ZIĘTEK Boguslaw Zietek has been the leader of the left-wing August ’80 trade union and its political arm, the Polish Workers Party. więcej »