Wary Poles Vote in Local Elections after Tainted First Round
Polish voters cast ballots in local elections Sunday with a wariness brought on by technical hitches and opposition accusations of fraud in the first round held two weeks ago.
Analysts were concerned that turnout for the polls, to choose 890 mayors across the big EU country, would be even lower than usual because of the allegations.
The local elections -- which came six months before Poland chooses its next president and a year before legislative elections -- were also seen as a political barometer following the departure two months ago of centrist prime minister Donald Tusk to become president of the European Council.
The technical problems in the November 16 first round of Poland's local elections led to results being delayed by a week.
Those results confirmed exit poll predictions of a narrow lead for the opposition conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party going into the second round.
Source: Agence France Presse
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://naharnet.com/stories/en/157295 |