Polls gave Bronislaw Komorowski up to 41.54% of the vote, short of the 50% needed for an outright win. He beat Mr Kaczynski’s brother, Jaroslaw, into second place with 36.46%. 

In third place is Grzegorz Napieralski (Democratic Left Alliance) with 13.68 percent. Turnout was 54.85 percent.

The results of the first round of the presidential election have split Poland in half, with western and northern regions supporting Bronislaw Komorowski

and eastern and southern Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

National Election Committee, PKW, data.