Andrzej Duda. Wikimedia. Public domain.A presidential election in two rounds was held in Poland on May 10 and 24, 2015, becoming the closest contest in Polish history. (The second round was won by Duda with 51.5% of the votes, to Komorowski's 48.5%.) The incumbent president, Bronislaw Komorowski( Civic Platfom - PO) has shamefully lost after only a single term in office, and it was an election in which he should have been sure of victory. What happened? While the president elect, Andrzej Duda, (Law and Justice - PiS) said he will be the president of all the Poles, Komorowski was preaching going to war. In fact, he’s just going into retirement.
What explains the result?
Mainly Komorowski’s weaknesses. He wasn’t particularly able at mobilising his own supporters to go to the polling stations in contrast to his opponent. It was also noted that Duda had pushed Komorowski into making some major changes in the country only two weeks before his defeat. Such interpersonal dynamics could only be observed with embarrassment.
