Poland presidential election 2025: Right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins, official results show – Live | Poland
Right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins after close match
Populist rights opposition candidate Karol NawrockiWith support from the Legal and Justice Party (PIS), it won the Polish presidential election and defeated his pro-European rival RafałTrzaskowskiin a stinging game.
Official results show that Navoroki received 50.89% of the vote in runoff, while Trzaskowski received 49.11% of the votes.
Navoloki's victory was a major blow to the coalition government led by Donald Tusk, expected to extend the country's current political deadlock and complicate its position in Europe.
Given the first exit poll that released the poll for the first time, at the end of the poll, the results showed that Trzaskowski won a narrow victory before 0.6pp 0.6pp, so the result was followed by a dramatic turnaround that prompted him to declare his victory.
Navoloki didn't admit it, saying he was confident he would win when counting all votes. “We will win and save Poland,” he said. “We must win tonight.”
In a fierce battle and grumpy movement in recent weeks, the two men have provided a very different picture to Poland, and the outcome of the game will have a huge impact on the country's political future given the president's ability to veto the government's legislation.
Key Events
Jakub Krupa
Now Navalokite It has been confirmed as president-elect by official results Expect his critics to return to ask questions about some of the scandals that affected his campaign In the last few weeks before the vote.
In the case of his purchase of an apartment from an elderly man, he faced doubts and raised his misconduct and failed to fulfill his obligation to provide care as part of the deal. He denied the charges.
He was also hit by media reports, allegedly involved in sex workers’ work while working as a student security guard at the hotel (claiming that he also strongly denied).
It was also revealed that Navoroki participated in an organized battle between 140 football hooligans 20 years ago, part of a company linked to the Lechia Gdańsk Football Club.
In response to criticism, he called it “noble fight” and called him an amateur boxer.
professor Aleks szczerbiak The University of Sussex tried to explain to me why none of this changed the ratings of his core voters earlier this week:
You've reached a turning point…a lot of people are starting to think that they're just coming up with something to discredit this person…
(Hooliganism) does fit his image: “This is a tough guy who doesn’t take prisoners and is not afraid to participate in a battle representing my interests and I…it’s actually a double-edged sword.
US President Donald Trump It is clear that he wants Nawrocki to be President of Poland, over the past few days Christie calls, Secretary of Homeland Security.
Last month, the White House released a photo of Nawrocki's Oval Office meeting Trump, a default but unmistakable support.
President Donald J. Trump welcomes Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki to the Oval Office 🇺🇸🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/ezjpgygmxi
– White House (@whitehouse) May 2, 2025
The Associated Press reported that conservative group CPAC held its first meeting in Poland last week to boost Nawrocki. Norm urged the Poles to vote for him. She said at the meeting:
I just had the chance to meet Karol, listen, He needs to be the next president of Poland. do you understand me?
With approximately 10,000 troops sent in Poland, Neum suggested that military tie could be deepened with Navoroki as president.
The general avoidance of Nawrocki's supporters is that he will return to “normal” as Trump has done. The U.S. flag is often seen at rallies in Navoroki, and his supporters believe he offers a better opportunity to connect with the Trump administration.
What does Navoroki victory mean for Poland's foreign policy?
Jon Henry
Before the election, our European journalist Jon Henley spoke with experts about what Nawrocki's victory meant to the country's foreign policy. Here is a clip he wrote:
Analysts say that despite the limited impact of the Polish president on foreign policy, Navaroki's victory will inevitably be – ultimately limiting Poland's European ambitions.
“We are not talking about direct policy consequences,” said Piotr Buras of the European Council on IQ. “But if Tusk's candidate Trzaskowski loses information, it's that the Poles reject him and his government.”
Buras said Tusk was deprived of legitimacy and “will work to play a major role in the EU he began playing”. “His government will be weaker and the room for maneuver will be narrowed. It's about Poland's ability to play an important role in the EU stage.”
Tusk's election victory two years ago marked the beginning of Poland's return to the European fold, a difficult condition for the conservative rule of two populist nations, during which Warsaw repeatedly clashed with Brussels due to the concerns of the rule of law.
PIS also regularly engages unnecessary battles with Germany, and in many EU debates, with Hungary’s liberal government, Viktor Orbán, the group’s host litigation further alienating Poland from the mainstream of Europe.
The return of Ivory was to revoke the promise of reforms in most PIS eras, leading to changes in relations, and the EU quickly canceled more than 10 billion euros of funds, which freezes retaliation against Poland's retreat against democratic norms.
Warsaw, thanks to its booming economy, growing prosperity and its strategic importance to Russia's resistance to Ukraine wars, turned itself into one of the EU's most influential capitals, one of the best partners in Berlin and Paris in just two years.
But it will only be completed when Tusk is able to carry out these key reforms (especially revoking PIS’s politicization of the court system) that its entire return is blocked by the outgoing PIS’s unanimous president, Andrzej Duda.
president Andrzej DudaConservatives like Navoloki, thank the voters for participating in the election and congratulate his successor. In a post on X, he wrote:
Thank you! Participate in the presidential election. For turnout. Perform your civic duties. Responsible for Poland. Congratulations to the winner! Stay strong, Poland!
Who is Karol Nawrocki?
Nationalist historian Carol Navalokite He is a former amateur boxer and is particularly interested in the criminal underworld. Here is more information from AFP:
The 42-year-old Nawrocki was endorsed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PIS) party, which ruled Poland from 2015 to 2023.
The party is closely linked to outgoing president Andrzej Duda, who is openly backing Nawrocki and a long-time rival to the ruling civic coalition.
Nawrocki runs under the slogan “Polish first, Polish.”
Despite his pledge to continue his support for Russia's invading neighbour Ukraine, he condemned the benefits for war refugees.
“Social welfare will be Polish first” and “Polish citizens must be given priority in line with doctors and clinics,” he said in an April campaign video.
In May, he claimed that Ukraine “has not yet expressed gratitude to the Poles for what they did” and accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of “rudeness”.
He opposed Ukraine's accession to NATO and was also an admirer of Donald Trump, saying that Poland should focus on shaping and leading European relations with the U.S. president.
From 2017 to 2021, he served as director of the Gdansk World War II Museum. Since then, he has led the National Institute of Memorial to investigate crimes in the Nazi and communist era.
What does Navoroki's victory mean for domestic politics?
Jakub Krupa
The role of the President of Poland is Most etiquetteit has had a certain impact on foreign and defense policies and The key powers to reject new legislation. This can only be overturned with a 60% majority in parliament, an incumbent government that Donald Tusk does not have.
Is the threat? ivory The government will be able to make progress on its election commitments on its rule of law and social issues, including abortion and LGBTQ rights, after 18 months of hard living with opposition presidents. Andrzej Duda.
Navoroki's Victory is expected to extend the deadlock, making it difficult for the government to pass any major reforms before the 2027 parliamentary elections.
“Ivory knows the bet, if Navoroki wins, In the next few years, he will be awarded the government of lame soldiers. And, it will be worse than Duda Aleks szczerbiakPrior to the election, he taught Eastern and Central European politics at the University of Sussex.
Right-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins after close match
Populist rights opposition candidate Karol NawrockiWith support from the Legal and Justice Party (PIS), it won the Polish presidential election and defeated his pro-European rival RafałTrzaskowskiin a stinging game.
Official results show that Navoroki received 50.89% of the vote in runoff, while Trzaskowski received 49.11% of the votes.
Navoloki's victory was a major blow to the coalition government led by Donald Tusk, expected to extend the country's current political deadlock and complicate its position in Europe.
Given the first exit poll that released the poll for the first time, at the end of the poll, the results showed that Trzaskowski won a narrow victory before 0.6pp 0.6pp, so the result was followed by a dramatic turnaround that prompted him to declare his victory.
Navoloki didn't admit it, saying he was confident he would win when counting all votes. “We will win and save Poland,” he said. “We must win tonight.”
In a fierce battle and grumpy movement in recent weeks, the two men have provided a very different picture to Poland, and the outcome of the game will have a huge impact on the country's political future given the president's ability to veto the government's legislation.