Komorowski's election may change Poland's political landscape

12:14, 6 July 2010

WARSAW. July 6. KAZINFORM The election of Bronislaw Komorowski as Poland's next president is widely expected to bring visible political changes to the county; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Monday's final offiical results showed that the acting president and speaker of the lower house of parliament won 53.01 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential runoff election.

The rest of the votes went to his rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of late President Lech Kaczynski and leader of the conservative Law and Justice Party. Kaczynski has conceded defeat before the final results came out.

Following Lech Kaczynski's death in an April air crash in Russia, Komorowski took over by law. Yet the ruling party Civic Platform (PO) party candidate encountered strong rivalry in the elections, and analysts ascribed his win to a host of factors.

Komorowski's success owes much to the improved image of the PO party and the strong support from Prime Minister and PO chief Donald Tusk; Kazinform cites Xinhua.

See www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/

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