The right-wing Law & Justice Party (PiS) may lose power after an historic round of elections in Poland saw voters turn to the pro-EU mainstream.
The latest exit poll from Ipsos has PiS at 198 seats in Poland’s lower house, down 37 seats on 2019. The top three opposition parties, led by Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition (KO), could gain a total of 248 seats – a workable majority of 17, if they can all agree to form a government.
As the largest of a right-wing coalition since 2015, PiS has instituted controversial reforms to immigration law, state media and the judiciary which have angered EU allies. Opposition leaders have indicated their desire to roll many of those reforms back if they get into power.
