WARSAW: Poland veered to the right Monday after voters opted for change in weekend general elections and handed a conservative coalition a parliamentary majority and a ticket to reform the new EU member.

With 90 percent of the votes counted from Sunday’s election, the conservative Catholic Law and Justice party (PiS) was shown to have reaped just under 27 per cent of the vote, and the free-market Civic Platform slightly more than 24 percent.

The tally gave the two parties, which have already begun talks to form a coalition to rule Poland and cast off the legacy of communism, 285 seats in the 460-seat parliament, or a majority of around two-thirds.—AFP