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Polish deputy PM calls for clarity, calm amid vote count dispute

09.06.2025 16:50
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has called for clarity and calm amid reports of irregularities in the presidential election vote count.
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak

Kosiniak-Kamysz said that while any reported irregularities should be thoroughly investigated, accusations of electoral fraud are unfounded and politically harmful.

Writing on the social media platform X, he said citizens must have confidence that every vote is properly counted, but warned that turning the issue into a political battle "weakens Poland."

His remarks followed comments from President Andrzej Duda, who claimed that "post-communist and liberal-left forces" may be trying to "steal" the election.

The controversy has been fuelled by reports of misattributed votes in polling stations in Kraków, a major city in southern Poland, and Mińsk Mazowiecki, a town near Warsaw, as well as other alleged errors.

Although an official initially announced that the National Electoral Commission would meet on Monday to discuss the issue, the commission's spokesman later denied the plan.

However, various media outlets reported that a smaller consultative meeting could still take place.

In the recent presidential election, conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki, supported by the populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, won with 10,606,877 votes. He defeated centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who was backed by the pro-European Civic Coalition (KO), by a margin of 369,591 votes.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to review the first batch of election complaints.

So far, 39 challenges have been filed, and voters have one more week to submit protests.

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Source: IAR/PAP/X/@KosiniakKamysz


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