Official results after 90% of votes counted projects 19-seat win for PiS

Second comes Civic Platform (PO) with 133 seats, while Self-Defense will have 57 seats and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), 56. The League of Polish Families (LPR) secured 33 seats. The last party to enter the Sejm is Polish Peasants Party (PSL), which will receive 27 seats. The turnout stood at a mere 40% of those allowed to cast votes, which is the lowest result since 1989. This means that Jarosław Kaczyński can be almost sure of becoming the new Prime Minister, while last week's favorite of PO for the post, Jan Rokita, was defeated. Moreover, in his hometown Kraków he only secured 72,000 votes, while Zbigniew Ziobro from Law and Justice (PiS) had over 120,000 votes. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3-A6) M.M.