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Were There Irregularities in Poland's Presidential Election?
- Poland held its presidential election runoff on June 1, 2025, where Karol Nawrocki won narrowly by just under 370,000 votes.
- After the election, numerous reports and social media claims of vote-counting irregularities prompted a large-scale campaign to file over 50,000 protests with the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court, tasked with reviewing complaints and issuing a resolution on July 1, faces a tight deadline amid preparations for possible court disturbances.
- Nawrocki urged respect for law and democracy while opposition figures and government members clashed over election integrity and calls for recounts intensified.
- The disputed election reflects deep political divisions in Poland and Nawrocki is expected to be inaugurated on August 6, 2025, if the Supreme Court validates the outcome.
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Were there irregularities in Poland's presidential election?
Tens of thousands of complaints have been lodged suggesting irregularities in Poland's presidential election on June 1, challenging the victory of the hard-right Karol Nawrocki. Some Poles are calling for a recount.
In the compositions of the district electoral commissions in which Rafał Trzaskowski and Karol Nawrocki's votes were switched, a definite minority were people nominated by the candidate committees of the ruling coalition - according to an analysis by TVN24.
There were so many irregularities during the vote counting and they were so spectacular that it should be checked exactly what went wrong, where the mistakes were made and who is responsible for them. Poland cannot afford to undermine the election results.
Nearly half of Poles support a recount of votes cast in the second round of the presidential election, according to the latest IBRiS poll for Polish Radio. The results of the survey show a clear division of opinion among voters, depending on their political sympathies.
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