The EU election results; PO wins, but turnout low

Rzeczpospolita's EU election forecasts were confirmed as the official results were announced today. The turnout in Poland amounted to 20.9%, the second from lowest in the EU. After calculating almost all valid votes by the State Election Committee (PKW), it turned out that the Civic Platform won the most votes with 24.09% support. It was followed by the League of Polish Families (LPR) with 15.92%, Law and Justice (PiS) with 12.67%, Self-Defense with 10.78%, the SLD-UP with 9.34%, the Freedom Union (UW) won 7.33%, the Polish Peasants Party (PSL) 6.35%, with Polish Social Democracy trailing last to cross the 5% barrier with just 5.33%. The largest support was won by famous politicians such as Janusz Lewandowski and Jerzy Buzek. This means the PO will send 15 deputies to the European Parliament, the LPR 10, PiS 7, Self-Defense 6, SLD-UP 5, UW 4, PSL 4, and SDPL 3. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4-6, Gazeta Wyborcza, p.p.1-5) M.M.