Poland's nationalists win general election

Poland's ruling nationalist party has won Sunday's (October 13) parliamentary elections.

Official results show the Law and Justice party with around 45% of votes.

A second term for PiS will likely bolster anti-immigration populists across the EU.

The party has already shifted Poland's foreign policy away from the European mainstream and has led calls to take some powers away from Brussels.

During the polarized campaign, the party cast the election as a choice between its traditional Catholic values, and its opposition's liberal order that undermines family life.

But opposition groups say the last four years of PiS rule, have undermined the independence of the courts, and forced public media to promote its agenda.

Critics have also accused the party of fomenting homophobia.

PiS officials have called LGBT rights an invasive foreign influence that threatens Poland's national identity.

Meanwhile, it's still unclear whether PiS or the opposition has won most seats in the upper house of parliament, the Senate.