Populist Law and Justice party had the most votes but no viable path to parliamentary majority
Last modified on Tue 17 Oct 2023 11.16 CEST, as the country waits to see how long it will take for a new governing coalition led by Donald Tusk to be formed.The final count showed PiS had received 35.4% of the vote, while Civic Coalition, led by Tusk, a former prime minister and European Council president, had 30.7%. With the centre-right Third Way, on 14.4%, and leftwing Lewica, on 8.
Tradition indicates he will turn to PiS, as the largest party, but with all other parties indicating they are not open to cooperating with it, the opposition have called on the president to take into account the political reality and give them the chance to build their coalition.However, there remains a lingering fear of possible PiS gambits in the coming days and weeks.
In the capital, Warsaw, turnout was an extraordinary 84.9%. “You have shown the enormous power of civil society. I am proud! Thank you!” Rafał Trzaskowski, the Civic Coalition mayor of Warsaw,
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