Legislative elections in Poland, a country run for eight years by the nationalist populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, will be held on October 15, within constitutional deadlines, Polish President Andrzej Duda announced Tuesday.
“I have decided to hold the elections on October 15, 2023,” Duda declared on the X social network, formerly known as Twitter. Poles will have to elect 460 deputies and 100 senators.
According to the polls, PiS starts with an advantage for win for the third time in a rowalthough he would not have enough support to govern alone.
According to polls, nationalist-populists rank in 33% voting intentionahead of the main opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), which would have a support of between 26% and 32%.
The extreme right-wing nationalist libertarian and eurosceptic Confederation party would come in third with around 12% of the vote.