Polish voters cast their ballots for a far-right candidate last Sunday, reflecting an ongoing drift towards radical-right politics in Poland.

Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative opponent, Karol Nawrocki, emerged ahead in a pack of 13 candidates.

IT WAS NO surprise that Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, finished ahead of Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the main hard-right opposition party, in the first round of the country’s presidential elections on May 18th.

Rafal Trzaskowski, the Warsaw mayor, appeared to have won the first round of the election. Prime Minister Donald Tusk is hoping his eventual victory will help push through a liberal agenda.

The latest exit polls in Poland suggest that liberal Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, has won the first round of the presidential elections, with 31 per cent of the vote. Trzaskowski is a

In Poland's presidential election, Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly leads against Karol Nawrocki, indicating a substantial anti-establishment sentiment. A Trzaskowski win could advance democratic reforms promised by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

An exit poll shows that the liberal Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland on Sunday.

Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, the Oxford-educated son of a jazz musician and frontrunner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, made friends across the European Parliament when he worked there, including with Portugal's now-foreign minister.

In Poland's presidential election, Rafal Trzaskowski narrowly leads over nationalist Karol Nawrocki, setting up a critical runoff on June 1. The outcome will significantly influence Poland's European policy direction.

The data from polling stations abroad are already known. Poland is awaiting the second round of the presidential election. In the first round, the Civic Coalition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski is leading with a minimal margin of 31.2%, while the second is the Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki with 29.7%.