By midday, more than 24 percent of those entitled to vote cast their votes, 10 percentage points more than at the same time in the 2015 presidential election.
Despite the corona pandemic, a high turnout is emerging in the presidential election in Poland. By midday, more than 24 percent of those entitled to vote cast their vote, as the election commission announced in Warsaw on Sunday. That was 10 percentage points more than at the same time in the 2015 presidential election.
If the trend continues, it could result in the highest participation in an election since the end of communism, said the chairman of the commission.
Voting was originally scheduled for May 10, but was postponed due to the corona epidemic. Special protection regulations applied in the polling stations on Sunday. In the center of Warsaw, people with face masks stood in line in front of the polling stations because only a limited number of people were allowed in the rooms. Disinfectants were ready at the entrance, the election workers wore gloves and transparent face shields.
The incumbent Andrzej Duda, who is provided by the national conservative governing party PiS, is considered a favorite. His most dangerous challenger is opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski. There will probably be a runoff election.
(WHAT / dpa)
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