Warsaw’s liberal mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, 53, a government ally, was narrowly ahead with 50.3 per cent of votes against nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki, 42, on 49.7 per cent, according to the Ipsos exit poll.

Warsaw: Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate backed by the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, won Poland's presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count released by Polish National Electoral Commission (PKW) early Monday.

Poland heads to the polls this Sunday in a fiercely contested presidential race between pro-EU centrist Rafał Trzaskowski and MAGA-aligned populist Karol Nawrocki. With global stakes and domestic divisions at play,