The election is an individual triumph for Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk.

Latest opinion polls give Law and Justice a marginal lead over Civic Platform.

Tusk's Civic Platform party matters to investors in Poland, eastern Europe's biggest economy.

The youth vote helped ensure victory for the centrist and pro-European Civic Platform.

Lech Kaczyński remained as president, dedicating himself to frustrating the Civic Platform-led government.

Opinion polls suggest the Civic Platform, a centre-right opposition party, will attract most support.

Tusk's ruling Civic Platform party has been losing support because of the economic downturn.

Komorowski is the candidate of Tusk's governing centrist Civic Platform.

The opposition Civic Platform wants faster reforms to central Europe's biggest economy and closer EU ties.

The ruling Civic Platform (PO) party conceded defeat after the exit poll came out.

Their more significant victory is over the neoliberal Civic Platform, and its presidential candidate Donald Tusk.

Civic Platform's declining popularity is likely to be discussed at the party's annual congress this weekend.

The Civic Platform seems to be on the defensive now, said Jacek Raciborski of Warsaw University.

Trzaskowski, of the centre-right Civic Platform, has been a supporter of LGBT rights as Warsaw mayor.

We need to address this, said a senior Civic Platform legislator who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Tusk's Civic Platform says the bill would also reduce the scope for political meddling in public-owned media.