Conservative Karol Nawrocki becomes Poland's President

Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland's weekend Presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday.

- 

Nawrocki won 50.89 per cent of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who received 49.11 per cent. Nawrocki will succeed Andrzej Duda, a conservative whose second and final term ends on 6 August.

The close race had the country on edge since the first round two weeks earlier and through the night into Monday, revealing deep divisions in the country along the eastern flank of NATO and the European Union.

An early exit poll released Sunday evening suggested Trzaskowski was headed to victory before the updated polling reversed the picture.