Duda, Trzaskowski Face Off In Second Round Of Polish Presidential Election On Sunday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th July, 2020) The second round of the Polish presidential election is set to take place later on Sunday, as incumbent Andrzej Duda takes on challenger Rafal Trzaskowski in a runoff.

Duda received the most votes in the first round of the election, which took place on June 28. The incumbent president received 43.7 percent of the vote, compared to Civic Platform candidate Trzaskowski, who took 30.3 percent.

According to a poll of 978 people conducted by Kantar from July 3-8, 50.6 percent of respondents said that they would vote for Trzaskowski in the runoff.

Duda assumed office in 2015, taking 51.6 percent of the vote in a runoff against then-incumbent president Bronislaw Komorowski.