Polish centre-right wins overwhelming election victory

Polish voters gave an overwhelming election victory to two centre-right parties committed to tax cuts and fighting corruption, severely punishing a left-wing government marred by sleaze scandals and its failure to create jobs.

Polish centre-right wins overwhelming election victory
Mon, 26 Sep, 2005 - 11:44

Polish voters gave an overwhelming election victory to two centre-right parties committed to tax cuts and fighting corruption, severely punishing a left-wing government marred by sleaze scandals and its failure to create jobs.

The state electoral commission today said that, with 60% of votes counted, the conservative Law and Justice Party had 26.56% of the vote, ahead of the free-market Civic Platform on 24.08%.

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