Komorowski set to be Polish president

Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate for Poland’s ruling Civic Platform party, was narrowly elected President of the country in a second-round vote on the 4 July 2010.

Mr Komorowski received 52.6% of the vote, based on a count of 95% of the ballots, the election commission reported. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of Lech Kaczynski, the late President killed in an April 2010 air crash, received 47.4% of the vote.

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Deutsche Welle, 4.7.10: Komorowski to win Polish presidential election, exit polls show http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5752709,00.html

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Polskie Radio: Presidential Elections 2010 http://www.polskieradio.pl/prezydent2010EN/

EurActiv, 5.7.10: Komorowski wins Polish election after dramatic night http://www.euractiv.com/elections/komorowski-wins-polish-election-news-495909

Deutsche Welle, 5.7.10: EU leaders welcome Komorowski's election victory http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5763315,00.html

European Commission: MEMO/10/299: President Barroso congratulates the President-elect of Poland, Mr Bronisław Komorowski http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/299&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Council: Press Release, PCE/10/149: Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, congratulates Bronislaw Komorowski following his victory at the presidential elections in Poland http://www.consilium.europa.eu/App/NewsRoom/loadDocument.aspx?id=363&lang=EN&directory=en/ec/&fileName=115670.pdf

PressEurop, 5.7.10: A tale of two Polands http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/287571-tale-two-polands

Sussex European Institute: EPERN Election Briefings, No.55: Europe and the June/July 2010 Polish Presidential Election http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/documents/epern-election-briefing-no-55.pdf

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