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Komorowski wins Polish presidency with 53% - electoral commission (update 1)

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Bronislaw Komorowski was elected Poland's new president, the Central Electoral Commission said on Monday.

Bronislaw Komorowski was elected Poland's new president, the Central Electoral Commission said on Monday.

With 100% of the ballots counted, Komorowski, a moderate member of the governing Civic Platform party, garnered 53.01% of the vote and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader the conservative Law and Justice party, received 46.99%.

Election turnout was 55.31%.

Poland held the first round of early elections on June 20 and Komorowski narrowly took first place with 41.54%. The polls were forced by President Lech Kaczynski's death in an air crash in western Russia in April.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday congratulated Komorowski on his success in a telephone conversation.

WARSAW, July 5 (RIA Novosti) 

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