Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Union has actually won the European elections in Poland, according to the main figures released by the nation’s electoral commission on Monday early morning.
Tusk’s celebration got 37.1% of the vote, equating to 21 members of the European Parliament.
“We have actually waited precisely ten years for the top place on the podium. I am so pleased,” a noticeably moved Tusk stated on Sunday night after preliminary projections forecasted the outcome.
The biggest opposition celebration, the nationalist conservative Law and Justice celebration (PiS), came 2nd with 36.2% of the vote, indicating it will send out 20 legislators to the parliament.
The 3rd greatest celebration was the extreme conservative Confederation with 12.1%, or 6 MEPs.
The last 2 locations were taken by the 2 smaller sized union partners, who locally form the centre-left federal government with Tusk’s celebration. The Christian democratic Third Method got 6.9%, or 3 MEPs, and The Left alliance got 6.3% of the vote and will have likewise 3 MEPs.
The Polish electoral commission stated citizen turnout was 40.65%.