Elections in Poland: The pro-European coalition will have a parliamentary majority, but the ruling party will be the first minority

the The centrist pro-European Union opposition Led by the former President of the European Council Donald Tuskwill get the majority in Polish elections On Sunday, according to the partial results published on Monday, with 80% of the votes.

The results show that the populist party is in power, Law and justice (PiS), leads the results but without a majority 37% Of votes, while Civil Coalition Tusk, party The third way And the left We meet more than 52%.

After a bitter campaign that appealed to emotions, voters came out in large numbers on Sunday to make their voices heard. Turnout was the highest in the country in 34 years of democracy73%, higher than the 63% recorded in the historic 1989 elections that ended the communist regime.

Despite the huge difference, Poland will face weeks of political uncertainty. The Law and Justice Party, as the most popular formation, announced that it would try to continue rulingAlthough he would not have enough seats to form a majority coalition, because his potential ally, the far-right, has about 7% of the vote. “No matter how you look at it, we won,” the party’s campaign director, Joachim Brodzinski, said in an interview Monday morning with radio station RMF FM. His party will try to form a government led by the current prime minister. Mateusz Morawieckihe added.

President Andrzej Duda, an ally of PiS, must convene the first session of parliament within 30 days of the election and appoint a prime minister to try to form a government. Meanwhile, the current government will continue its work. The tradition in the democratic era was for the president to first appoint someone from the party that received the largest number of votes, but he was not obligated to do so.

Tusk announced on Sunday night that the Law and Justice Party’s mandate had ended and that a new era had begun in Poland. Some Polish media were more cautious on Monday and limited themselves to publishing news about the possibility of the opposition coming to power.

Cesare Tomczyk, deputy head of the Tusk Party, said the ruling party would do everything in its power to stay in power. He asked the party to accept the result, and indicated that the will of the people is to hand over power to the opposition. “The nation has spokenTomczyk said.

The Polish Electoral Commission also confirmed the low voter turnout in the referendum put forward by the government, which through four questions sought support for its social policy and against the European migration plan. Since the participation rate in this consultation did not reach 50%, which can be described as a failure on the part of the government, its results will not be binding.

The final results are expected to be published tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, when President Andrzej Duda will have 30 days to assign one of the candidates to form a new government.

(With information from AFP, AP and EFE)