Nawrocki elected Polish president

The turnout was a record 72.63%, with slightly over 21 million voting

Karol Nawrocki, a candidate from Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) opposition party, has become the country’s president after defeating Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, representing the ruling Civic Coalition, in the runoff round of the presidential election, Chairman of Poland’s National Electoral Commission (PKW) Sylwester Marciniak said at a press conference aired by the TVP Info channel.

“The National Electoral Commission has established that during the June 1, 2025 runoff vote, between the two candidates for the Polish president’s office, Karol Tadeusz Nawrocki garnered more votes and was elected president,” the official said.

The figures he cited confirmed information published on the commission’s site: 10,606,877 voters cast their ballots for Nawrocki which is 50.89% of the total number of votes deemed valid. Runner-up Trzaskowski received 49.11% with almost 370,000 fewer voters supporting his bid.

The turnout was a record 72.63%, with slightly over 21 million voting in the runoff out of 29.3 million eligible voters. About 189,000 ballots were recognized as invalid.

Following Karol Nawrocki’s victory in the second round of Poland’s presidential election, opposition figures from the Law and Justice (PiS) party – the country’s right-wing opposition – are increasingly calling for Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s resignation. Among the first to voice this demand was Andrzej Sliwka, a PiS member of the Sejm, who appeared on RMF24 radio.

“The prime minister must resign,” Sliwka declared unequivocally.

The legislator argued that Nawrocki’s main opponent was not Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, but Donald Tusk himself. “Rafal Trzaskowski was merely a weak agent executing Tusk’s will. Tusk lost,” Sliwka emphasized.

In his view, Nawrocki’s victory signifies that “the government has been shown a red card.”