Poland’s top court confirms Nawrocki’s election for president

The Supreme Court of Poland is upholding the election of Karol Nawrocki after deciding that complaints about the validity of the country’s presidential election are insufficient to void the results. Both supporters of the elected President Karol Nawrocki and supporters of his competitor in the second round, Rafal Trzaskowski, are gathering at the court building on Krasinski Square in the center of Warsaw. The Polish Supreme Court is upholding allegations of vote-counting irregularities in a total of 11 district election commissions. At the same time, the Court is leaving more than 54,000 election protests unheard and ruling that the irregularities have no impact on the overall election result. The ruling is paving the way for Nawrocki to take the oath of office before both chambers of parliament on Aug. 6. Karol Nawrocki is winning 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who is receiving 49.11%, in the June 1 election. Nawrocki is a 42-year-old historian who has no political experience prior to the campaign and who is not even a party member until he is tapped by the conservative Law and Justice party that governed Poland from 2015 to 2023.