Right-wing conservatives win Polish parliamentary election (video)

The parliamentary election was held in Poland on October 25. Jarosław Kaczyński’s Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice Party) celebrated its victory. The conservatives got 39.1% of the vote, Euronews reports. The party got the absolute majority in Parliament and can form a single party government now.

Kaczyński is not going to run for Prime Minister, he announced. The party has suggested Beata Szydło, 52, to this position.

The Civic Platform got 23.4% on the vote. The party has ruled Poland for 8 years.  It will become the Centre-Right opposition now.  The economic growth in Poland reached 50% during the party’s rule. However, the conservatives have made use of people’s dissatisfaction with unequal income distribution and the fear of migrants.

The movement Kukiz’15 headed by rock musician Pavel Kukiz took the third place at the election.

Five parties have made it to the Sejm. All of them are right-wing ones. It means that there will be no left-wingers in the Polish Parliament for the first time in the history of modern Poland.

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