In the surveys, the 53-year-old Trzaskowski, who is currently the mayor of the capital Warsaw, was recently ahead with a good 30 percent. The 42-year-old Nawrocki, who is supported by the national conservative former government party law and justice (PIS), came to around 25 percent.
“We have the opportunity to get our country in order,” said the Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa, who chose in the north of the country in Gdansk, the Polish news agency Pap. “We are in a time of great discussions about the future of Poland, Europe and the world,” he added.
The election campaign in Poland, EU and NATO member, was primarily about foreign policy and social issues. The pro-European Trzaskowski announced that it would protect the right to abortion and the rights of the LGBTQ community. “These elections are about the rights of women and minorities,” said Anna Rusztynska-Wolska, a 69-year-old doctor after giving her vote.
Nawrocki, who is supported by the PIS, is Eurosceptic and accuses the approximately one million Ukrainian refugees in the country to enrich themselves to Poland. He admires US President Donald Trump that he said to him at a meeting in the White House: “You will win”.
The 74-year-old pensioner Anna Urbanska emphasized that migration was one of the most important issues of choice: “I don’t want these immigrants to live here in Poland. I want us to be able to live more peacefully,” she said after her voice.
“These are very important elections,” said a 42-year-old voter, Marcin Woloszynski, the AFP news agency after his vote in Warsaw. “The candidates offer two opposing visions of Poland,” said Woloszynski. “A democratic, European, open, self -confident and honest Poland on the one hand and the opposite on the other,” said the economist.
The polling stations should close at 9 p.m. After that, the first forecasts should be published based on post -selection surveys, results were expected for Monday.
