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Exit poll: PiS with absolute majority

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Exit poll: PiS with absolute majority
The common election list including Law and Justice (PiS) and candidates from right-wing parties, such as Poland Together and Solidarna Polska candidates  has won the general election with 39.1 percent support, according to an exit poll by Ipsos. Therefore, the list, gained the absolute majority in the Polish parliament. The poll indicated that Civic Platform (PO) garnered 23.4 percent of votes and has won only in two voivoships: Opolskie and Pomorskie. "This was a great time. We would not be here were it not for your hard work. The head of the party [Jarosław Kaczyński] deserves the biggest praise today. We worked hard, and we would not have won without the support of the hundreds of Poles who told us what they want, and what is most important for them. Thank you for trusting us," Beata Szydło, the PiS' candicate for Prime Minister said. "We have not wasted the last eight years,” outgoing Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said in a separate press conference. KUKIZ'15 has become the third power in the parliament with a 9 percent support, and PSL has managed to garner 5.1 percent of votes, the poll also showed. Nowoczesna gained 7.1 percet of support. Neither the United Left and KORWIN have made it into the parliament according to the exit polls.    

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