AP PHOTOS: Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland
AP PHOTOS: Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, waves to supporters as first exit polls following presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, wave to supporters as first exit polls following the presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. ( AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Voters cast their ballots at polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Karol Nawrocki, left, a non-partisan Presidential candidate supported by the right wing Law and Justice Party casting his vote with his family; wife Marta Nawrocka, center, and daughter Katarzyna, son Antonii , right, during the presidential election in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates exit poll results during the presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates the exit poll results during presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots shortly after polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Łomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, waves to supporters as first exit polls following presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, waves to supporters as first exit polls following presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, wave to supporters as first exit polls following the presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. ( AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Karol Nawrocki, presidential candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election supported by Poland’s national conservative Law and Justice party, wave to supporters as first exit polls following the presidential elections are announced in Gdansk, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. ( AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Voters cast their ballots at polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots at polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Karol Nawrocki, left, a non-partisan Presidential candidate supported by the right wing Law and Justice Party casting his vote with his family; wife Marta Nawrocka, center, and daughter Katarzyna, son Antonii , right, during the presidential election in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Karol Nawrocki, left, a non-partisan Presidential candidate supported by the right wing Law and Justice Party casting his vote with his family; wife Marta Nawrocka, center, and daughter Katarzyna, son Antonii , right, during the presidential election in Gdansk, Poland on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Wojciech Strozyk)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates exit poll results during the presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates exit poll results during the presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates the exit poll results during presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Warsaw’s Mayor and presidential candidate Rafal Trzaskowski celebrates the exit poll results during presidential election night in Sandomierz, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aleksander Kalka)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Presidential candidate, Warsaw’s Mayor and member of ruling centrist Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski and his wife Malgorzata Trzaskowska cast their ballots at a polling station in Warsaw, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots shortly after polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Łomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots shortly after polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Łomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Voters cast their ballots polling stations opened in the first round of Poland’s presidential elections in Lomianki, near Warsaw, on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, emerged as the front-runners in Poland’s presidential election Sunday, according to an exit poll, putting them on track to face off in a second round in two weeks.
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