WARSAW – Voting started Sunday in Poland’s razor-blade-close presidential election runoff between the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda and liberal, pro-European Union Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.Duda is backed by the ruling right-wing party and the government, as he seeks a second 5-year term.
Trzaskowski, a former European Parliament lawmaker, runs for the main opposition Civic Platform party. Both candidates are aged 48.Latest polls showed that the race may be decided by a very small margin.
Amid calls from both sides to some 30 million eligible voters to cast ballots, turnout is expected to be higher than the 64.51% in the first round on June 28.In the first round, Duda got 43.5% and Trzaskowski 30.5% .