Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda won a narrow majority in a bitterly fought weekend election, defeating the liberal Warsaw mayor, according to a near complete count of votes.
The state electoral commission said that Duda had 51.21 per cent of the vote based on a count of votes from 99.97 per cent districts. His opponent, Rafal Trzaskowski, trailed with 48.79 per cent of the vote.
Duda, who is backed by the ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, campaigned on traditional values and social spending in this mostly Catholic nation as he sought a second five-year term. Trzaskowski, as Warsaw mayor, signed a tolerance declaration for LGBT people that triggered a nationwide backlash. The ruling party denounced LGBT rights as a foreign import that threatens Polish identity, and many municipalities declared themselves to be "LGBT free."
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