Presidential election results show it's still an open race

The difference of 3% means that Tusk has received almost 500,000 more votes. Such a small difference means a tough battle during the upcoming two weeks after which the two candidates will again meet in the second round of voting. The turnout amounted to 49.74% which means that 3 million more took part in the Presidential elections than in the parliamentary ballot. The third spot was taken by Andrzej Lepper who collected 15.11%, which is a great success for Self-Defense. Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) candidate Marek Borowski won 10% of the votes. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1)