Komorowski Winner in Poland Presidential Vote

Presidential candidate of the ruling party Civic Platform (PO) and acting President Bronislaw Komorowski with his wife Anna cast their votes in Poland's presidential elections at a polling station in Mackowa Ruda, Poland, 04 July. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Bronislaw Komorowski, candidate of Poland's ruling pro-business party, Civic Platform (PO), has won Sunday's presidential election, exit polls showed.

An exit poll released Sunday by the TNS OBOP institute predicted Komorowski winning 53.1% of the vote, while right-wing opposition leader Kaczynski won 46.9%.

A separate poll, by Millward Brown SMG/KRC, shows Komorowski with 51.1 and Kaczynski with 48.9%.

Both polls had a margin of error of plus or minus 1%.

Official results are expected Monday.

Neither Bronislaw Komorowski nor Jaroslaw Kaczynski won more than 50% in the first round on 20 June.

Komorowski has been acting president since his predecessor, Kaczynski's twin brother Lech, was killed in a plane crash as he travelled to Russia.

Poland's first couple and 94 other people died when their plane came down in Smolensk on 10 April as they flew to attend a memorial ceremony for the World War II Katyn massacre.

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