Electoral thriller in Poland: Head-to-head race around the presidency!

Electoral thriller in Poland: Head-to-head race around the presidency!

Warschau, Polen - On May 30, 2025, Poland faces a decisive runoff election around the presidency. The surveys show an incredibly short race between the two main candidates, where every voice counts. According to Tagesspiegel there are currently two leading candidates: Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, and Karol Nawrocki, the right -wing conservative challenger and historian. While Trzaskowski leads in a survey at 50.1 percent, another survey Nawrocki shows with 50.63 percent as favorites.

Trzaskowski positioned itself as a pro-European candidate and promised to work for women's and LGBTQ rights and to support abortions until the twelfth week of pregnancy. In contrast, Nawrocki is supported and criticized the refugee policy and the need for stricter border controls by the national conservative PIS party, which makes him popular with a electorate that prefers a conservative agenda. This information was provided by Wa.de

Important turnout and survey results

The turnout in the first round was a remarkable 66.8 percent, which indicates a high interest of Polish citizens in political developments. The surveys were carried out by well -known institutes such as the Public Opinion Research Center and the Ibris Market and Social Research Institute. The results were published on May 26, 2025 to give the voters a last overview of the decisive runoff election. In this regard, the platform Statista

Poland's president has more powers than the Federal President in Germany. It has a significant impact on the country's foreign policy, appoints the head of government and the cabinet and is the high commanding officer of the forces in the event of war. This election could therefore have far-reaching effects not only on national politics, but also on the EU and NATO policy of Poland.

The polling stations close on Sunday at 9 p.m., and although forecasts are published after the closure, the assessment is associated with greater fault tolerance than the distance between the candidates. Official election results are expected for the coming Monday. The choice is considered directional for the future political orientation of Poland, which is currently very polarized.