Conservative Opposition Leads Prime Minister Tusk’s Party in Poland’s Local Races, Exit Poll Says

Conservative Opposition Leads Prime Minister Tusk’s Party in Poland’s Local Races, Exit Poll Says
Conservative Law and Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski (R) joins supporters during Poland's local and regional elections in Warsaw, Poland, on April 7, 2024. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo
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WARSAW, Poland—An exit poll released after Poland’s local and regional elections Sunday showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December.

Sunday’s elections were the first electoral test for Tusk’s coalition government nearly four months since it took power. Poles voted for mayors, local councilors, and representatives to the nation’s 16 regional assemblies.