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Poles vote in a high-stakes election

Updated on: 16 October,2023 07:23 AM IST  |  Warsaw
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The ruling party, Law and Justice, has a devoted base of supporters in the Central European nation of 38 million who appreciate its defence of Catholic traditions and its social spending on pensioners and families with children. The payments have given relief to poor people

Poles vote in a high-stakes election

Poland’s former president Lech Walesa casts his ballot. Pic/AP

Poland is holding a high-stakes election on Sunday that has energized many voters, with the ruling conservative nationalist party pitted against opposition groups that accuse it of eroding the foundations of the democratic system.


The ruling party, Law and Justice, has a devoted base of supporters in the Central European nation of 38 million who appreciate its defence of Catholic traditions and its social spending on pensioners and families with children. The payments have given relief to poor people.


But support for the party has shrunk since the last election in 2019—when it won nearly 44 per cent of the vote—amid high inflation, allegations of cronyism and bickering with European allies. 


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