Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and PiS-backed independent Karol Nawrocki have advanced to the runoff of the Polish presidential election, after a closely fought race on Sunday, latest exit polls show.
According to the last-minute Ipsos poll, which came as 90% of the votes were counted, Trzaskowski has won 31.2% of the vote, while Nawrocki is right behind him with 29.7%.
Third and fourth place went to far-right candidates Slawomir Mentzen and Grzegorz Braun, who won 14.5% and 6.3% of the vote, respectively.
According to experts, their electorate may decide the outcome of the second round.
According to exit polls, Rafal Trzaskowski won in 10 provinces and Nawrocki in six. The electoral maps have shown a repeat trend of a split between western Poland, which mostly voted for Trzaskowski, and the eastern part of the country, where Nawrocki won the bulk of the vote.
The two candidates will now move on to the second round, which will take place on 1 June. According to the latest Opinia24 poll published by TVN24, the race will be close, with little difference between the candidates.
