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Poland’s national-conservative opposition party PiS has a slight lead in local elections, according to initial forecasts giving the edge to the party recently booted from power. Several television stations reported on Sunday, citing forecasts by the Ipsos Institute, that PiS won 33.7% of the vote in the elections for the 16 regional administrations. Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s liberal-conservative Civic Coalition is set to come in a close second with 31.9%, achieving a major success in the capital Warsaw: Incumbent mayor Rafal Trzaskowski looks set to be returned to office in the first round …

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