Trzakskowski and Nawrocki qualified for the second round of the Polish presidential election

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a representative of the ruling Civic Coalition party, and Karol Nawrocki, a candidate from the opposition Law and Justice party, are likely to enter the second round of the Polish presidential election. This is on Sunday, May 18, according to the results of the IPSOS exit poll, which are quoted by the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.

"A second round will be required to determine the outcome of the presidential election," the publication says.

According to the survey, Trzaskowski received 30.8% of the vote, while Navrotsky was supported by 29.1% of voters. Now they will have to take part in the second round, which is scheduled for June 1.

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The outcome of the vote may be influenced by issues related to Russia, Ukraine and NATO.

On May 18, polling stations opened in Poland for voting in the first round of the country's presidential election. More than 29 million Polish citizens have the right to vote. They had to choose one of 13 candidates from more than 32,000 polling stations across the country.

Navrotsky is a historian from Gdansk, known in Russia in connection with the demolition of monuments of the Red Army in Poland. He has a whole collection of performances against the backdrop of memorials, which are about to be bulldozed, reports Izvestia correspondent Stanislav Grigoriev.

Trzaskowski, in turn, speaks five foreign languages, including Russian, in addition to his native Polish. He advocates an increase in government spending on health and education, as well as the legalization of abortion.