The race had Poland on edge since a first round of voting two weeks earlier, revealing deep divisions in the country along the eastern flank of NATO and the European Union.

Warsaw’s liberal mayor and his insurgent populist challenger are locked in a dead heat as they fight for the presidency of Poland, exit polls projected after Sunday’s head-to-head vote, leaving the country tilting between two wildly different political futures.

In a closely watched presidential runoff, conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki has emerged victorious in Poland’s 2025 presidential election, defeating liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski by a narrow margin.