Share
Copied
Voting ballots sit on a table during the presidential election at a polling station in Radomlje, Slovenia, October 23, 2022. /CFP
Slovenia's conservative candidate Anze Logar was headed for a first-round victory in Sunday's close presidential election, but will face his center-left rival in a runoff in November, partial results suggested.
With 60 percent of the votes counted, Logar, an ex-foreign minister under the former conservative government, won 33.75 percent of the vote.
His main rival, Slovenia's former head of the data protection authority, center-left independent candidate Natasa Pirc Musar, received 27 percent of the vote.
The rest of the votes were distributed among five other candidates each of whom received 15.4 percent or less.
Prime Minister Robert Golob, head of the center-left Freedom Movement, told the national TV Slovenia after the preliminary results were released that he expects Musar to win in the second round.
Although the role of the Slovenian president is mainly ceremonial, the president is the head of the Slovenian army and nominates many high officials, including the central bank governor. Most of the nominations have to be confirmed by the parliament.
The new president is set to start the five-year mandate on December 23 and will replace the outgoing President Borut Pahor. who is completing his second and final mandate.
(With input from agencies)
Search Trends
SITEMAP
Copyright © 2023 CGTN. 京ICP备16065310号
Disinformation report hotline: 010-85061466
SITEMAP
Copyright © 2023 CGTN. 京ICP备16065310号
Disinformation report hotline: 010-85061466