WARSAW, Poland: Poland holds its presidential election on Sunday to choose a successor to incumbent President, Andrzej Duda, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
Twelve men and one woman are running to succeed Duda, who cannot run again after serving two five-year terms.
Warsaw Mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, is leading in the polls.
The 53-year-old is running for the liberal-conservative Civic Coalition led by Prime Minister, Donald Tusk.
Trzaskowski, who has been mayor since 2018, achieved a strong result in the 2020 presidential election, narrowly losing to Duda in the run-off.
Duda’s right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS), the largest opposition party after losing power to Tusk’s coalition in 2023, is backing the 42-year-old historian and political outsider, Karol Nawrocki, who is polling in second place.
Sławomir Mentzen is running for the radical right-wing Confederation party, but has little chance of winning.
A run-off election between the two highest-placed candidates in two weeks is considered likely.
The Polish president represents the country abroad, has influence over foreign policy, appoints the head of government and the cabinet, and is the commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces in the event of war. – BERNAMA-dpa
