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With less than a week until Poland’s decisive 1 June run-off, every new survey suggests the country is heading for its tightest presidential finish in a generation.
Liberal Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski and nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki are now separated by statistical noise, leaving the outcome to be determined by late-breaking voters and turnout muscle.
How we got here
The 18 May first round produced no outright majority. Trzaskowski topped the field with 31.36 % of valid ballots, while Nawrocki followed on 29.54 %, according to the State Electoral Commission (PKW). Hard-right Confederation leader Sławomir Mentzen secured a surprise 14.8 %, and firebrand MP Grzegorz Braun added 6.3 %. Combined, those protest votes give the two finalists an ideologically volatile reservoir to court.
Why the race is so close
Undecideds remain unusually high. The latest IPSOS tracking poll shows roughly eight per cent of respondents still wavering.
Mentzen’s voters are split. Economic libertarians lean toward Trzaskowski’s EU-friendly tax promises, but cultural conservatives prefer Nawrocki’s hard line on migration and traditional values.
Turnout disparities matter. Urban districts exceeded 70 % participation on 18 May, while several rural counties came in below 60 %. Both campaigns have unleashed armies of volunteers to close the gap.
External headwinds. The złoty has slid four per cent this month amid fiscal-deficit jitters, sharpening voter focus on credibility with Brussels.
Why the race is so close
Undecideds remain unusually high. The latest IPSOS tracking poll shows roughly eight per cent of respondents still wavering.
Mentzen’s voters are split. Economic libertarians lean toward Trzaskowski’s EU-friendly tax promises, but cultural conservatives prefer Nawrocki’s hard line on migration and traditional values.
Turnout disparities matter. Urban districts exceeded 70 % participation on 18 May, while several rural counties came in below 60 %. Both campaigns have unleashed armies of volunteers to close the gap.
External headwinds. The złoty has slid four per cent this month amid fiscal-deficit jitters, sharpening voter focus on credibility with Brussels.
Candidate snapshots
Rafał Trzaskowski — 52, mayor of Warsaw and former MEP, pitches himself as the guarantor of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s rule-of-law reforms and wants to legalise civil partnerships.
Karol Nawrocki — 43, historian and ex-director of the Institute of National Remembrance, runs as an “independent patriot” endorsed by Law & Justice; vows to veto any “ideological” bills and raise defence spending to 4 % GDP.
What happens next
31 May, 00:00: national polling blackout begins.
1 June, 07:00–21:00: run-off voting hours.
By 02:00 CET on 2 June: preliminary PKW count expected.
6 August: winner sworn in for a five-year term.
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