By Alicja Ptak
Yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Poland produced a landmark result, according to the exit poll published by Ipsos. It indicates that the ruling Law and Justice (PIS) party has lost its parliamentary majority and an opposition coalition can instead take power. You can read our full report on the election here.
The exit poll – based on a sample of 90,000 people at 900 randomly selected polling stations – also shows that turnout, at 73%, was a record high in post-communist elections.
However, in the national referendum that was held simultaneously, turnout was only 40%, according to the exit poll. That means that it fell below the 50% threshold needed for it to be valid – a further blow to the PiS government, which called the referendum. You can read our full report on the referendum here.
Final election and referendum results are expected by Tuesday at the latest, but below we present a selection of charts showing the findings from the exit poll on how Poles voted overall, as well as by age, gender, level of education and place of residence.
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Alicja Ptak is senior editor at Notes from Poland and a multimedia journalist. She previously worked for Reuters.
