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WARSAW - Poles awoke on Monday to the possibility of a new government, after the ruling nationalists looked to have fallen short of a parliamentary majority, potentially opening the way for opposition parties to seize power in what would be a huge shift.
An Ipsos exit poll on Sunday gave PiS 36.8% of the vote, which would translate into 200 lawmakers in the 460-seat parliament Television footage showed several hundred people, mostly young, waiting in a long line at one polling station in the western city of Wrocław to vote. Local residents were bringing them hot tea and blankets as well as some food.
KO leader Donald Tusk, 66, a former European Council president, was jubilant following the announcement of the first exit poll results.However, if official results confirm the exit poll, Tusk and his allies from the centre-right Third Way and the New Left may have to wait weeks or even months before getting a turn at forming a government.
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