Conservative challenger Andrzej Duda has won Poland's presidential
election and ousted the incumbent in a runoff vote, according to
official results.
Duda, a right-wing member of the European Parliament, won with 51.55
percent of the vote, the State Electoral Commission said on Monday.
President Bronislaw Komorowski, allied with the ruling pro-business
Civic Platform, garnered 48.45 percent in the second round of voting on
Sunday, with a turnout was 55.34 percent.
Duda, a 43-year-old lawyer with experience in the government, will be take office in August.
Poland's president is the head of the armed forces, and can propose
and veto legislation. In foreign policy, the president's role is chiefly
ceremonial.
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