Two Polish candidates on last campaign push

A tough election campaign is coming to a close in Poland with the two bitter rivals travelling the country in a final effort to sway voters before Sunday's razor-edged presidential run-off election that is seen as an important test of populism in Europe after a campaign that exacerbated a conservative-liberal divide in the country.

The campaign has seen strains of homophobia and anti-Semitism, and both sides have sought backing from rival political camps in Washington.

President Andrzej Duda spent most of the day in south-eastern Poland where his former Law and Justice party enjoys the widest support. Rafal Trzaskowski has been visiting Silesia and Lower Silesia provinces.

In these last rallies, Duda urged people to vote and pledged to continue to support Polish traditional values.

Duda has made his opposition to LGBT rights a key campaign theme and called LGBT rights an "ideology" more dangerous than communism.

"I want this continuation as the next stage of action for Poland, action for the family, action simply for man in our country. A hard-working man who simply felt scarcity before 2016," Duda said during his speech at a rally in Niebylec, Podkarpackie province.

Presidential contender Rafal Trzaskowski has been motivating his supporters, urging them to seize this historic opportunity.

"Everything is in your hands. This (electoral victory) is really at your fingertips. I want to tell you: either now or never," he said during a rally in Oborniki Slaskie, Lower Silesia province.

Trzaskowski emphasized that if elected president he will be independent from political party leaders and that he will fight against intolerance.

Friday is the last day of campaigning before polling stations open on Sunday.