Poland’s Ruling Centrists Come Top in Election: Results
October 10, 2011
Leader of Palikot Movement Janusz Palikot, center, celebrates in the electoral headquarters after the announcement of preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday. (EPA Photo/Bartlomiej Zborowski) Related articles
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Warsaw, Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Platform party came top in the country’s general election with 37.21 percent of the vote, partial results showed on Monday.
The figures, from almost 15 percent of the country’s polling stations, gave the conservative opposition Law and Justice party 29.98 percent, the national electoral commission said.
Law and Justice was in power from 2005 until it lost a snap 2007 election to Civic Platform.
On its electoral debut, the Palikot Movement came third in Sunday’s polls with 10.27 percent, the commission said.
Set up by flamboyant vodka tycoon and ex-Civic Platform member Janusz Palikot, it stands out in deeply Catholic Poland for its anti-clerical stance and for pushing gay partnerships and legalized marijuana.
Tusk’s junior coalition partner, the rural-based Polish People’s Party, scored 9.22 percent.
The opposition Democratic Left Alliance obtained 8.65 percent of the vote, a major blow for a party that was in government as recently as 2001-2005.
No other party was seen clearing the 5.0-percent threshold required to enter parliament.
The partial figures tallied closely with exit polls released when voting ended at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The final election results are not due to be released until Tuesday.
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