Poland may revise the election results: what is the reason and what will it affect

The final legitimacy of the presidential election in Poland will be determined by the Supreme Court on the basis of the report of the National Election Commission (PKW) and consideration of the protests received. In the meantime, a petition demanding a recount of the second round of votes is actively circulating on the Internet.

According to PKW member Ryszard Kalisz, the commission will hold a meeting on Monday, 9 June at 17:00 to examine erroneously filled in protocols in a number of constituencies.

According to official PKW data, Karol Nawrocki, supported by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, won the election. He won 50.89 per cent of the vote, with more than 10.6 million voters casting their ballots. His rival, Civic Coalition (KO) candidate Rafal Trzaskowski, received 49.11 per cent of the vote.

It is now up to the Supreme Court to decide on the legality of the election. Protests from citizens and organisations can be filed until 16 June. As of Friday, the court had received 21 protests, said Supreme Court spokeswoman Monika Drval.

The collection of signatures on a petition for a recount has caused additional tension. So far, more than 160,000 people have backed it. The authors of the document point to the minimal difference between the candidates - about 370 thousand votes, a large number of invalid ballots (189 thousand), as well as reports of irregularities in the work of the commissions. They consider it necessary to recount all ballots.

Some cases of errors did take place. For example, in Minsk-Mazovetski, the chairman of one of the commissions admitted that he made a mistake in the protocol, confusing the results of two candidates. A similar incident is being investigated in Krakow.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged not to give in to emotions and not to draw premature conclusions. He emphasised that all registered cases of violations will be thoroughly checked, and possible falsifications will be investigated and punished.

The situation was also commented on by the head of the Polish Presidential Chancellery Malgorzata Paprocka. On Trwam TV, she acknowledged the existence of errors, but criticised attempts to question the legitimacy of the election. According to her, spreading myths about fraud is a dangerous and irresponsible practice.

The Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision on the results of the presidential election after all the protests and analyses of the PKW report have been completed.