Poland's incumbent wins election by thin margin

President Andrzej Duda, Poland's incumbent, has beaten Rafal Trzaskowski by a record slim margin in Sunday's presidential vote.

The battle between the social conservative allied with the government against Mr Trzaskowski, the socially liberal Warsaw mayor, was the closet election battle and subsequent victory seen in Poland since 1989.

According to the National Electoral Commission, Mr Duda has won 51.2% of the votes, and the turnout for the election was 68.2%.

The main issue on the election table was Poland's future relations with the European Union.

Other legislative actions from Mr Duda are the expected opposition to abortion and gay rights that he displayed in his election campaign, during which Mr Duda came under heavy criticism for calling LGBT rights an "ideology" more destructive than communism.

According to the heads of the electoral commission, some polling stations have yet to submit their counts. Therefore there is uncertainty as to when the complete results will be announced.

Civic Platform, the opposition group who backed Mr Trzaskowski, informed Reuters that it was collating information on "irregularities" in the polls which closed on Sunday. Allegedly, there are multiple reports of Polish people abroad not receiving their voting packages in time. Moreover, analysts suggest that such close election results could result in court challenges within the Supreme Court.