Poland Elections: Conservatives Hope To Return To Power

Prime Ministerial Candidates Ewa Kopacz (left) and Beata Szydlo (right)

Poland is holding parliamentary elections, with the conservatives hoping to return to power after eight years in opposition.

Opinion polls in run-up to the election put the Law and Justice party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski well ahead of PM Ewa Kopacz's Civic Platform party.


Law and Justice regained the presidency in May when Andrzej Duda won the poll.
Our correspondent says many Poles are unhappy at their poor prospects, and feel benefits are spread unfairly.
Law and Justice is most strongly supported in rural areas and by those who close to the country's powerful Roman Catholic Church.
Civic Platform has been hit by disrepute, with a number of ministers caught up in an eavesdropping scandal last year.
And on Friday, Deputy Justice Minister Monika Zbrojewska was fired after being charged with drunk-driving.