The final vote in Poland confirms a victory without a majority for the Government party

INTERNATIONAL / By Luis Moreno

The Polish Electoral Commission reported this Tuesday that the counting of votes for Sunday's general elections has been completed, with a victory without a majority for the Government party and the possibility of an alternative for the opposition.

According to official data, the government PiS (Law and Justice) obtained 35.38 percent of the support, the opposition Civic Platform 30.70 percent, the centrist Third Way coalition 14.40 percent, New Left 8, 61 percent and Confederation 7.16 percent of the votes.

In the absence of official statements from the respective leaders, the option of a coalition that brings together the liberal Civic Platform of former Prime Minister Donald Tusk and some of the other opposition parties is opening up, with the aim of removing the power to PiS, which has governed since 2015.

The projections describe a Parliament made up of 194 seats for PiS, 157 for Civic Platform, 65 for Third Way, 26 for Left and 18 for Confederation.

The simple majority obtained by the ultra-conservative party PiS, and its zero possibilities of forming any alliance, open the possibility that a multiparty pact led by PO could reach 248 deputies, considerably more than the 231 required for an absolute majority.

In the Senate, it is expected that the implicit pact that the opposition has formed during the last legislature will be maintained and that, after the results of Sunday's elections, they will be able to renew with the 64 seats that they will control by joining forces.