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    Polish presidential election: Exit poll shows slim lead for incumbent

    An official exit poll shows a tiny lead for Poland’s conservative president, Andrzej Duda, The Guardian reports.

    The poll gives Duda (of the ruling Law and Justice party) 50.4% of the vote, compared to 49.6% for his opponent, Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski (of the liberal Civic Platform).

    Turnout has been the highest ever in post-Communist Poland at 68.9% of the population.