Polish Election Fallout

Poland held a Parliamentary election on October 21, 2007. In a surprising result, the opposition Civic Platform Party scored a huge victory over the incumbent Law and Justice Party. Civic Platform received 41.5% of the vote, while Law and Justice received only 32.1%.

While winning the election, Civic Platform did not win enough seats to form a majority government. Apparently, an agreement has been reached to form a majority coalition with the Polish Peasants’ Party.

Today, as a result of the election, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of President Lech Kaczynski, submitted his (and his Cabinet’s) resignation to the President . The Cabinet has agreed to continue their work until the new government is sworn in.