Tusk’s KO wins 44 Polish Senate seats, PiS comes second, losing 14

Poland's current ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), had lost 14 Senate seats according to the parliamentary election vote count as of late Oct. 16, Polish radio station RMF24 has reported.

Senators in Poland are elected in single-mandate electoral districts.

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The PiS secured 34 seats, down from 48 in the previous election. The democratic opposition alliance won a total of 66 seats, including 44 for the liberal Civic Coalition (KO), nine for the left-wing Lewica and eight for the centrist Third Way. The Senate Pact grouping between three other political parties won the remaining five seats.

Two parties are leading in the Polish Sejm election with almost 100% of the votes counted – the ruling PiS, which currently has 35.43%, followed by Polish opposition politician Donald Tusk’s KO, with 30.66%.

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The democratic opposition, which includes Tusk’s party, the centrist Third Way, and the Left alliance, are predicted to form a majority in the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, with approximately 250 seats, granting them the authority to form the government.

The parliamentary elections for the Polish Sejm and Senate, as well as a nationwide referendum, were conducted on Oct. 15. Voter turnout was likely at a record high since Poland emerged from Communist rule in 1989.

Tusk, the leader of the Polish opposition, declared victory in the elections, while current Prime Minister Morawiecki expressed readiness to form a government.

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