Tusk Ally, Nationalist Head for Poland Runoff, Exit Poll Shows
A centrist Warsaw mayor and a pro-Donald Trump nationalist came neck-and-neck in the first round of Poland's presidential election, according to an exit poll, in a blow to the pro-European government.
Rafal Trzaskowski, an ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, is projected to win 30.8% of the vote, the exit poll showed on Sunday. Karol Nawrocki, the candidate of the opposition Law & Justice party, is heading for a second-place finish with 29.1% support. The two candidates will face each other in a runoff on June 1.
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