Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has reportedly conceded defeat to right-wing party leader Andrzej Duda, after exit polls showed the latter leading the presidential race by a fairly decisive victory.
Though the official results will be announced on Monday, a combination of exit polls and early vote tallies showed that Law and Justice party candidate Duda had taken the run-off vote by 52 percent to 48 percent, reported The New York Times.
Conceding defeat before a gloomy gathering of supporters, Komorowski said that it didn't work out this time and congratulated Duda on the victory.
The post is largely ceremonial in Poland, but Duda' victory has raised the prospect that Civic Platform, the center-right party that has controlled the government since 2007, will be routed in parliamentary elections this fall.
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