Pro-Life, Anti-Immigration Party Wins Landslide in Poland Election

By Published on October 26, 2015

Poland’s opposition Law and Justice party — conservative and Eurosceptic — has won parliamentary elections.

The party is expected to have enough seats to govern alone — something unprecedented in 26 years. Exit polls suggest it got 39% of the vote.

Its leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski claimed victory, and the outgoing Prime Minister, Ewa Kopacz of the centrist Civic Platform, admitted defeat.

Law and Justice (PiS) has strong support in poorer, rural areas.

Read the article “Pro-Life, Anti-Immigration Party Wins Landslide in Poland Election” on bbc.com.

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