THE CHEERS at Rafal Trzaskowski’s election party on May 18th sounded unconvincing. So was his margin of victory. The liberal mayor of Warsaw came away with 31.4% of the vote in the first round of Poland’s presidential election,

With 100% of ballots counted, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, representing the ruling party, secured 31.36% of the vote. Karol Nawrocki, head of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and backed by the opposition Law and Justice party (PiS),

Warsaw mayor and member of ruling centrists Civic Coalition party Rafal Trzaskowski took a narrow lead in Poland's presidential election first round on Sunday, an exit poll showed, setting up a run-off with rightwing rival Karol Nawrocki.