Poland to hold new presidential vote after ‘ghost election’ on Sunday

Sunday, May 10, was to have been election day in Poland, with Poles choosing a head of state for a five-year term. But for the first time in recent history the elections did not take place, without having been called off officially.

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Polling stations never opened on Sunday, a day that will go down in history books.

The State Electoral Commission on Sunday announced that within two weeks the Speaker of Parliament had to set a new presidential election date.

The electoral commission said in its resolution that “on May 10, the date set for presidential elections in Poland, there was no possibility for voting on any of the candidates, a fact which is equivalent to there being no candidates.”

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