Voter turnout in the second round of Poland's presidential election reached 54.91 percent by 5pm on Sunday, the National Electoral Commission (PKW) told a press conference at 6:30pm.

Poland holds a knife-edge presidential election on Sunday which will determine whether the largest country in the European Union's eastern wing cements its place in the bloc's mainstream or turns towards MAGA-style nationalism.

Political outsider and conservative Karol Nawrocki is looking to defeat Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, in Poland's presidential election on Sunday.

Karol Nawrocki, 42, is head of the Institute of National Remembrance, a state body that investigates crimes dating back to the communist era and World War Two. He was relatively unknown nationally before he was picked by PiS to run.

Poland's two presidential candidates held their last election campaigns on Friday ahead of a runoff on Sunday. The vote follows a first round on May 18, in which Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski won more than 31% of the vote and Karol Nawrocki,

The centrist frontrunner in Poland's knife-edge presidential election on Sunday says Poles know everything about him, contrasting that with the slew of media reports about his nationalist opponent's alleged past conduct.