Poland’s right-wing ruling party is set to lose its majority after elections held this weekend.

The Law and Justice party, also known as PiS, is likely to win the most seats in parliament, but not enough to secure another term in office, which would have been its third.

According to early election results, PiS won 36% of the vote, with opposition parties on 31%.

This gives Donald Tusk’s party, Civic Coalition, a good window to form a coalition and oust the ruling party.

“Poland won, democracy has won,” Tusk, ex-President of the European Council, told a lively crowd of supporters in Warsaw as victorious results emerged.

“This is the end of the bad times, this is the end of the PiS government.”

Election officials said that the turnout was around 72.9%, which is the highest since the fall of communism in 1989.

More 18-29 year olds turned out than over-60s.

PiS is set to win 198 seats in the 460-seat parliament, known as Sejm, falling short of the 231 needed for a majority. It’s also unlikely to get help from the far-right Confederation Party, who are predicted to secure only 14 seats.

Civic Coalition has vowed to reverse the total ban on abortion laws enforced in 2021, unlock €36 billion from the pandemic fund that was frozen due to PiS’s far-reaching judicial corruption.

The centre-right party, Third Way, is one of the big winners of the night, predicted to get 13.5% of the vote, also vowed to oust the PiS party, simplify taxes and offer an alternative to the two leading parties.

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