Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has won the parliamentary election with 45.2 percent of votes. Poland’s biggest opposition grouping, Civic Coalition (KO), came second with 26.7 percent support, followed by the leftist alliance, the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), with 12.3 percent, according to official results from 83 percent of constituencies published by the country’s electoral commission.

The Conservative farm supporting PSL and anti-system Kukiz’15 was at 8.8 percent, while the controversial Confederation Freedom and Independence got 6.8 percent. This election showed a massive majority of people in Poland supported parties that are opposed to the EU and mass immigration in an election was considered by many commentators as the most important one since 1989, when Poland’s transition to democracy began.

This marks the continued growth of populist Parties across Europe with figures such as Viktor Orban of Hungary, Mateo Salvini in Italy and Marine Le Pen in France sweeping aside the old globalist order.

The government’s critics fear that yet another term in office for PiS may push Poland further down the path towards illiberal democracy and on a confrontational course with the European Union, especially over its controversial reforms in the judiciary.

However, for many voters, these institutional reforms seem to be less important than the broad social benefits introduced by PiS during its term of office, including the flagship 500 zloty ($125) monthly benefit per child, as well as the party’s attachment to conservative values. This has seen a growing native population as well as many Poles returning to their homeland.  The economy has also grown at a buoyant pace in recent years. PiS campaigned on a promise to enshrine more Catholic and patriotic values in public life. The Party is led by Jarosław Kaczyński, pictured below:

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