Polls will open on Sunday in a presidential election that will have major consequences for the future of the Polish government. Warsaw's liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and national conservative historian Karol Nawrocki are running neck and neck, according to opinion polls.
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Poland’s two presidential candidates held their last election campaigns on Friday ahead of a runoff vote on Sunday.
It will follow a first round on May 18, in which Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski won more than 31% of the vote and Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian, earned nearly 30%. Eleven other candidates were eliminated.
In the seaside city of Gdansk, Trzaskowski referenced the city’s role in the Solidarity movement while addressing supporters.
“We all remember the shipyard workers who said, ‘enough fear, enough lies, enough contempt.’ Today, once again, we must stand together,” he said.
“For you, it will be just a few steps to the polling station, but together we can make a milestone towards realising our dreams and aspirations.”
In his closing address, Nawrocki presented himself as a candidate who is “simply one of you.”
He described himself as “a citizen of the Polish state who has come a long way to compete with a man created by a political laboratory.”
Under Polish law, all campaigning and political advertising must cease at midnight. No public comment is allowed until polls close on Sunday.