Poland's President and presidential candidate from the Civic Platform Party (PO) Bronislaw Komorowski shouts to supporters as he leaves his election campaign headquarters after the announcement of the first exit polls in the second round of the Polish presidential elections, in Warsaw, Poland May 24, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat to conservative challenger Andrzej Duda in Sunday's presidential election, a result that will set alarm bells ringing for the government, which faces its own election race later this year.
Komorowski had originally been seen as a shoo-in for another term in office, and his defeat reflected a desire among voters for new faces, and a sense that Poland's new-found prosperity was not being shared out equally.
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