Komorowski favorite in upcoming Polish presidential election - survey

08:01, 27 April 2010

WARSAW. April 27. KAZINFORM Poland's acting President Bronislaw Komorowski is the favorite to win in Polish presidential election in June, a survey conducted by Millward Brown SMG KRC center said; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

According to new data, the Polish Central Election Commission has received applications from 22 candidates planning to participate in the country's presidential race. Earlier information said 23 candidates applied for the election.

The survey, which was conducted among some 1,000 respondent in Poland, said Komorowski would garner 47% of the votes in the first round of the election and 57% in the second.

Komorowski has set June 20 as the date for early presidential elections, which will determine the successor to late president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash on April 10.

Many experts believe that only the strongest applicants will be able to receive the required 100,000 signatures to be officially registered as candidates. It is widely thought that Komorowski, the late president's twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Deputy Premier Waldemar Pawlak and democratic leader Grzegorz Napieralski can get the needed signatures by the May 6 deadline; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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