Polish citizens supported R. Trzaskowski with a clear advantage in the presidential elections in Vilnius



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According to data from the Vilnius Electoral Commission, R. Trzaskowski received 352 votes in the second round of the presidential elections in Vilnius on Sunday, at which time the country’s current head, Andrzej Duda, received the support of 129 voters.

A total of 481 voters voted in the Lithuanian capital, 141 of them without registering in advance and with certificates that they can vote abroad, that is. coming to Vilnius for a short time.

Marian Sokalskis, chairman of the Electoral Commission in Vilnius, claimed that Polish tourists had an impact on the results in Lithuania.

“Yes, we see that the elections in Poland and the polls show completely different results than in Vilnius. Tourists very much it affectsWe see the preferences of tourists, along with Polish local citizens living in Lithuania. Personally, I don’t think this is a result that reflects the situation across Poland, “said M. Sokalski.

A poll of voters conducted by the sociological research agency Ipsa shows that both candidates turned out almost equally in the tense struggle: A. Duda, who was re-elected and supported by the conservative ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, probably won 50.4 for hundred. R. Trzaskowski, his rival of the opposition wing of the liberal wing “Civic Platform” – 49.6 percent. votes. This difference is only 0.8 percent. and it does not exceed the statistical error of the Ipsos survey by two percentage points, so it is still difficult to predict who won the elections.



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