Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party was ahead in a national election, but short of a majority, final official results showed on Tuesday.

The official results from 100 percent of voting districts gave PiS 35.38 percent of votes, while the liberal Civic Coalition (KO) was in second place with 30.7 percent, the center-right Third Way was third with 14.4 percent, New Left had 8.61 percent and the far-right Confederation were on 7.16 percent.