Poland’s National Electoral Commission (PKW) reported that as of 5 p.m., the turnout in the parliamentary elections stood at 57.54%
PKW was keen to stress that in the previous elections, held in 2019, the turnout as of 5 p.m. stood at 45.94%.
It seems that a new record might be broken, as with there being still several more hours until the polls close, the turnout is now just 5% shy of the highest turnout in parliamentary elections, which occurred in 1989 (62.7%).
Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (GMT 0500), and the voting is scheduled to conclude at 9 p.m. (GMT 1900).
According to PKW, polling stations reported that at 5 p.m. the turnout has more than doubled since noon when it stood at 22.59%, and has reached 57.54%.
In the previous parliamentary elections that were held in 2019, the turnout at 5 p.m. stood at 45.94%. PKW also stressed that in the second round of the 2020 presidential election, which frequently registers a higher turnout than other votes, the turnout stood at 5 p.m. 52.10%
The highest turnout on the provincial level was reported in the Mazowieckie province (60.77%), with the Małopolskie province recording a turnout of 58.90% and Łódzkie province recording 58.58%.
What is noteworthy, even in provinces with the lowest turnout it exceeded 50%.
Of Poland’s 16 provinces, the lowest turnout was reported in the provinces of Opolskie (52.26%), Warmińsko-Mazurskie (54.86%), and Podkarpackie (55.23%).
