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英语文摘:Poland to hold second round of presidential election

Source:  Onion  2010-06-21   English BBS   Favorite  

WARSAW, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling Civic Platform party (PO), and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the conservative Law and Justice Party (PIS) will contend in a second round of presidential election, exit polls showed on Sunday.

Komorowski, the speaker of Poland's lower house of parliament and acting president, won 45.7 percent of votes, and his main rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski, received 33.2 percent. Democratic Left Alliance's candidate Grzegorz Napieralski received 13.4 percent of votes, according to an exit poll for TVN television.

Since no one secured an outright victory by garnering over 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the two top contenders will be held in two weeks, on July 4. The other eight candidates trailed far behind and are now eliminated from the contest.

Poland's acting President Bronislaw Komorowski (L), speaker of the parliament and presidential candidate from Civic Platform Party (PO) casts his vote at a polling station in Warsaw during presidential elections June 20, 2010.

Komorowski took over presidential duties after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in an air crash on April 10 near Smolensk, Russia.

The presidential elections were originally to have been held this October.  Komorowski, in accordance with the Polish election law, decided to call for an early election.


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