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Right-wing Polish President Andrzej Duda has won a new five-year term, beating his liberal europhile rival Rafal Trzaskowski, official results showed on Monday.
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With 99.97 percent of ballots counted, the national election commission said Duda had won 51.21 percent against 48.79 percent for Warsaw Mayor Trzaskowski.
The result showed it was one of closest elections in Polands history, reflecting the deep divisions in this European Union nation.
Sundays vote was originally planned for May but was delayed amid bitter political wrangling.
Analysis: Duda has tilted Polands narrative much further to the right
It follows a bitter campaign dominated by issues of culture in which the government, state media and the influential Catholic church all mobilised in support of Duda, a social conservative.
Duda, who is backed by the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, campaigned on traditional values and social spending in this mostly Catholic nation as heRead More – Source
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