Poland ruling Law and Justice party wins elections, exit polls

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-27 03:54:27|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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WARSAW, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Poland ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) won 42.2 percent votes in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, main opposition group European Coalition (KE) won 39.1 percent votes, exit polls showed.

42.2 percent votes secured PiS of 24 seats, meanwhile KE obtained 22 seats in the European Parliament.

Apart from that, the newly-formed Spring party (Wiosna) won 6.6 percent, which means 3 seats, and far-right group Confederation (Konfederacja) won 6.1 percent, also equals 3 seats. Other parties didn't reach the 5 percent threshold.

According to the Polish National Electoral Commission, 52 members of the European Parliament will be elected, but 51 seats will be filled. The candidate who will receive the 52nd seat will sit in the European Parliament after the UK leaves the EU.

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