Poland election: Law and Justice party on course to be ousted from power

Former PM Donald Tusk hails the end of evil times' as early results suggest opposition parties will be able to form governing coalition

Poland's ruling populists appear to be heading for electoral defeat in what would be one of the most consequential European political turnarounds of recent years. With the majority of votes counted, results suggest an opposition led by Donald Tusk should have a path to create a new governing coalition.

A Tusk government would probably transform Poland's domestic political agenda and restart relations with Brussels, which had frayed over PiS's attacks on the independent judiciary and other rule-of-law issues.