After fierce competition and evidence attendance, the fresh president was Karol Nawrocki, a candidate supported by Law and Justice (PiS), who defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, representing the Civic Coalition.
According to authoritative data of the State Election Commission (PKW), Karol Nawrocki won 50.89 % of the vote, while Rafał Trzaskowski gained 49.11%.
Division of votes by voivodship
The analysis of the results shows a clear geographical breakdown of the electoral preferences:
- Karol Nawrocki won in voivodships:
- Podkarpackie (71.02%)
- Lublin (66.54%)
- Świętokrzyski (63.61%)
- Podlaskie (61.39%)
- Lesser Poland (58.87%)
- Łódź (53.20%)
- Rafał Trzaskowski triumphed in voivodships:
- West Pomerania (58.03%)
- Lubusski (58.22%)
- Lower Silesian (53.81%)
- Wielkopolska (55.17%)
- Kujawsko-Pomorskie (53.42%)
- Opolskie (52.98%)
- Śląski (51.34%)
- Warmia-Masurian (51.71%)
- Mazovian (50.28%)
Electoral Preferences by Education
Exit poll results indicate crucial differences in electoral preferences depending on the level of education:
- Karol Nawrocki received the highest support among voters from:
- Primary education (73.4%)
- Basic vocational education (69.8%)
- Secondary education (53.9%)
- Rafał Trzaskowski He dominated a group of voters with higher education, scoring 61% of the vote.
Voting of Polonia abroad
Polonia powerfully supported Rafał Trzaskowski, who won 63.49% of the votes among the voters abroad. Karol Nawrocki gained 36,51%. The turnout among Polonia was 84.26%.
Reactions of Citizens' Coalition politicians after exit poll
After announcing the exit poll results at 21:00, which indicated the triumph of Rafał Trzaskowski with a score of 50.3% to 49.7% for Karol Nawrocki, a euphoria prevailed in the staff of the Civic Coalition. Rafał Trzaskowski announced his triumph by thanking voters and declaring that he would be president of all Poles and Poles.
However, later results of the summertime poll, published around 11:00 p.m., indicated a change in the leader – Karol Nawrocki led with a score of 50.7% to 49.3% for Trzaskowski. This shift was a shock to the KO staff. writer Patrick Michalski commented: “This is truly a shock for the staff of Rafał Trzaskowski.”
German media widely commented on the results of the presidential elections in Poland. “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” defined the consequence as a “warning signal for the Donald Tusk government”, stressing that the consequence of the overtime would find the destiny of the Polish Prime Minister. “Die Welt” noted that Trzaskovsky's supporters survived the shock, and “Tagesspiegel” pointed out that young voters had an aversion to the division into PiS and PO.
