Poland exit polls: PiS party wins most votes but opposition coalition possible

Law and Justice may not be able to form a government successfully, leaving the door open to grouping led by Donald Tusk

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An exit poll in Poland’s parliamentary election suggested the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the most votes but, if it turns out to be accurate, appeared to show a possible route to government for a combined opposition coalition led by former prime minister and European Council president Donald Tusk.

Minutes after the poll was released at 9pm local time, Tusk appeared on stage at the Civic Coalition election headquarters at Warsaw’s Ethnographical Museum to declare victory.