Polish opposition wins parliamentary majority in tight vote

WARSAW, Oct 17 (AFP): Polish pro-EU opposition parties have won a parliamentary majority in a tight general election, the poll commission said Tuesday announcing complete results.

The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which has been ruling for the last eight years, emerged first with 35.38 percent of the vote but is unlikely to form a majority.

The liberal Civic Coalition bloc finished second at 30.7 percent, but together with two minor parties, Third Way and Left, secured a majority of 248 lawmakers in the 460-seat parliament's lower chamber, the national poll commission said.