Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, a senator from the ruling Civic Coalition, has called for a full recount of Poland’s presidential run-off, claiming that voting irregularities may have cost pro-European centrist and Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski hundreds of thousands of votes.
Senator Krzysztof Kwiatkowski appeared on Polish Radio 24 on Monday, June 23. The politician is calling for a recount due to numerous irregularities following the second round of the presidential election in Poland.Photo: Krzysztof Świeżak / Polskie Radio
Kwiatkowski, who is demanding a complete recount of all votes cast in the second round, said during a Monday morning interview with Polish Radio 24 that in almost all of the polling stations reviewed so far, the results had been changed to the detriment of Trzaskowski.
Voting irregularities in Poland 2025 presidential election spark calls for recount
The senator, via his account on X, pointed out that an analysis of ballots from 13 out of approximately 800 local electoral commissions showed that Trzaskowski had been deprived of more than 2,600 votes.
The politician cited an assessment by data analysis expert, Krzysztof Kontek from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), who believes that anomalies may have occurred in 1,500 polling stations, potentially resulting in an extra 300,000 to 500,000 votes being added for one of the candidates.
The candidate who may have benefited, according to Kwiatkowski, is Karol Nawrocki, who was declared the winner and is backed by the right-wing populist opposition party Law and Justice (PiS).
The president-elect has already announced plans to present his first legislative initiatives a day after taking office, with the inauguration provisionally scheduled for August 6, 2025.
50,000 election protests filed with Polish Supreme Court after presidential run-off
According to information shared on social media, Poland’s Supreme Court has received an estimated 50,000 election protests following the second round of voting.
“This number represents the equivalent of roughly two to three years’ worth of total cases submitted to the Supreme Court,” the court’s administrative office stated in an official release.
Polish news outlet tvn24.pl reports that, based on private conversations with staff, the volume of complaints in recent days has been so high that the court ran out of folders needed to register official documents related to the case.
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Source: PR24/X/@Kwiatkowski2011/@SN_RP_
