Populist Top Poland’s Vote, Expand Majority On Welfare
October 13, 2019
5:51 pm
Populist party took the lead in Sundayβs general election in Poland, an exit poll showed, expanding its majority thanks to a raft of welfare measures coupled with attacks on LGBT rights and Western values.
The Law and Justice party (PiS) scored 43.6 percent of the vote for 239 seats in parliament, outpacing the centrist Civic Coalition (KO) opposition with 27.4 percent support (130 seats) and a leftist coalition that took 11.9 percent (43 seats), according to an Ipsos exit poll for Polandβs three major television stations.
βWe have four years of hard work ahead. Poland must change more and …
