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Polish pro-EU opposition parties have won a parliamentary majority in a tight general election, the poll commission said Tuesday announcing complete results.
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The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which has been ruling for the last eight years, emerged first with 35.38 percent of the vote but is unlikely to form a majority.
The liberal Civic Coalition bloc finished second at 30.7 percent, but together with two minor parties, Third Way and Left, secured a majority of 248 lawmakers in the 460-seat parliament’s lower chamber, the national poll commission said.
The opposition also has a majority in the upper house, securing 66 of the 100 seats in the Senate.
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Sunday’s vote saw the highest turnout since the fall of Communism, with more than 74 percent eligible voters casting ballots.
Nearly 41 percent took part in a controversial referendum on migration staged by the ruling Eurosceptics on election day, which was boycotted by the opposition.
The turnout was insufficient for the vote to be valid.
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