The country now faces a period of political uncertainty after Poles voted in huge numbers and opposition parties appeared to gain a combined majority.
opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in the country's election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party.
The final results have not been reported by the state electoral commission, but they are expected early on Tuesday.The polling agency Ipsos released a so-called late exit poll on Monday morning, which combines the results of an exit poll carried out during Sunday's election and 50% of the votes counted.
The largest of the groups is Civic Coalition, led by Tusk, a former prime minister and former European Union president. If the result predicted by the exit poll holds, Law and Justice won, but also lost - it got more seats than any other party but fewer than in the previous election and not enough to be able to lead a government that can pass laws in the legislature.
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