A voter at a polling station in Poland's capital, Warsaw. (Photo: Tran Trong Hung/VNA)

The 2025 election will pit the candidate of Tusk's Civic Coalition (KO), liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, against historian Karol Nawrocki, the conservative head of Poland's Institute of National Remembrance who is backed by opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party. If no candidate scores more than 50% in the first round a second-round run-off will be held on June 1.

The election campaign will take place during Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union. The new president will not take office until Poland’s EU presidency ends. 

In the interim, Andrzej Sebastian Duda will continue to serve as Poland’s President until the end of June 2025.