(16 Oct 2023)
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Warsaw, Poland - 16 October 2023
1. Wide of Palace of Culture and Science
2. Woman entering kiosk
3. Newspapers on stand
4. Newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza headline reading (Polish) “Opposition to form a government?”
5. Newspaper headline reading (Polish) “Opposition wins elections”
6. Newspaper reading (Polish) “This is the end of PIS (Law and Justice party)”
7. Newspaper reading (Polish) “Polls on course for change of power”
8. Time-lapse of pedestrians in front of Palace of Culture and Science
9. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Magdalena Vyrva, 39, accountant:
“There was a lot of propaganda, a lot of bad things were done, in my opinion, and yet every third person believes that it was good for Poland and that we can stay in Europe. Well, I absolutely disagree with that. Yes, I'm surprised that every third person voted against democracy (meaning votes for Law and Justice party).”
10. Close of Polish flag on tram, electoral poster in the background
11. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Aleksander Woicki, 19, student:
"I am happy because I voted for the democratic opposition, so I am happy that there will be some change, we need change, so I think everything will be good."
12. Street scene
13. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Magdalena Chmieluk, 43, accountant:
"I am really overjoyed now, today. I think it will be fine now. Right now it will be fine. They (the opposition) will form a government and we will finally be able to live in a normal country, for real."
14. Wide of church
15. Close of cross and statues
16. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Elzbieta Szadur-Urbanska, 58, psychologist:
"I am disappointed with the results (of the election) but I accept the democratic choice. I don't think we have the results yet, they were only poll results, but nevertheless they indicate a victory for those who call themselves the 'democratic opposition.' I think my party is also democratic. I voted for PiS (Law and Justice party)."
17. Close of Polish flag
18. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Eugenia Ewa Myszkowska, 79, retired:
"I'm happy. It's a good win, but it's scary to think what will happen in the next four years. If people don't start thinking… because they think superficially, they don't think one step ahead, just for today. Money rules, money, money."
19. Street scene
20. Close of Polish flag on tram driving by
STORYLINE:
Poland faced a period of political uncertainty Monday after Poles voted in huge numbers in an election in which opposition parties appeared to gain a combined majority.
But the ruling nationalist conservative party won more votes than any single party and said it would try to keep governing.
Voters in Warsaw gave their thoughts before the final results were set to be announced by the state electoral commission.
The polling agency Ipsos released a so-called late exit poll on Monday morning, which combines the results of an exit poll carried out during Sunday's election and 50% of the votes counted.
It showed that the ruling nationalist conservative Law and Justice party with 36.6% of the votes cast, the opposition Civic Coalition led by Donald Tusk with 31%, the centrist Third Way coalition with 13.5%, the Left party with 8.6% and the far-right Confederation with 6.4%.
In order for a government to pass laws, it needs at least 231 seats in the 460-lower house of parliament, the Sejm.
According to Ipsos, the ruling Law and Justice party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski appeared to have obtained 198 seats, a sharp fall from the current slim majority it has held for the past eight years.
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