Poland's acting president Bronislaw Komorowski could win outright in the first round of the June presidential election, beating the twin brother of the late president who was killed in a plane crash, a poll shows today.
Mr Komorowski, the parliamentary speaker and a close ally of prime minister Donald Tusk, is backed by 52
per cent of Poles, according to a poll by PBS DGA published by daily Gazeta Wyborcza today.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the brother of Lech Kaczynski, who perished along with 95 others in Russia on April 10th,
can count on the support of 27 per cent of the electorate, while his Law and Justice party is backed by 34
per cent.
Poles are due to vote for a new president in an election on June 20th. If no candidate wins an outright majority, a second round would be held two weeks later.
Mr Komorowski has led in all of the polls conducted after the plane crash, but the Gazeta Wyborcza survey, conducted on a sample of 1,024 people, is the first to show he could avoid a second round.
Although the prime minister and his government hold most power, the president can veto laws and also has a say in foreign and security policy.
Reuters