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Exit polls suggest that Poland's ruling PiS party came first in the election but lost its parliamentary majority. If confirmed, this could mean a massive shift in Polish politics and the return of Donald Tusk as PM.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party was ahead in a national election, an late exit poll showed on Monday, although it would fall short of a majority. The IPSOS late poll publish by Polsat News gave PiS 36.6% of votes, while the liberal Civic Coalition (KO) was in second place with 31% the centre-right Third Way was third with 13.5%, New Left had 8.6% and the far-right Confederation were on 6.4%.

We become depraved by degrees.

Victory for the opposition could potentially redefine the relationship between Brussels and the largest EU member state in central and eastern Europe

WARSAW, Poland -- Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said that three opposition parties had sufficient votes to win the general election on Sunday after an exit poll projected that they had enough combined support to oust Law and Justice, the governing conservative nationalist party.

We become depraved by degrees. Germans did not become Jew killers in a day. It took years of conditioning, via propaganda, and then steady practice, via party and state brutality,

The nearly decade-long 'nightmare' LGBTQ+ Poles have lived under the ruling right-wing party could be over after Sunday's election.

Eight years of rule under the right-wing Law and Justice party could soon come to an end.

The country’s populist nightmare is almost over, but it’s still early days and there are tough tasks ahead, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

Tusk celebrates the lack of PiS votes as he is dubbed the "most likely future prime minister" by Polish students. The former Poland Prime Minister believes "Poland won, democracy has won".