Ruling party's candidates win in four major cities

Civic Platform (PO) member Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz will remain mayor of Warsaw, having received 56.8 percent of the votes in the second round of local elections, according to the results of an exit poll carried out by Ipsos for Polish Television. It will be her third term in office. Her rival, Jacek Sasin from Law and Justice (PiS) received 43.3 percent support. In Poznań, PO-supported Andrzej Jaśkowiak won against independent candidate Ryszard Grobelny, who had been the city's mayor since 1998. In Wrocław, Rafał Dutkiewicz, also supported by the ruling party, will remain mayor after winning against Mirosława Stachowiak-Różecka from PiS. In Gdańsk, the same is true for Paweł Adamowicz, who won against Andrzej Jaworski from PiS. In Katowice, Marcin Krupa, a forme deputy mayor won against PiS candidate Jacek Sośnierz. In Kraków, non-partisan mayor Jacek Majchrowski will keep his post, leaving behind rival Marek Lasota from PiS.