A total of over 845,000 votes were cast in these polling stations. According to estimates, approximately 2.3 million people participated in the elections. According to observers, the elections were a kind of referendum for and against the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico.
After midnight on Sunday, it was announced that Peter Pellegrini won the presidential elections in Slovakia. His rival, Ivan Korczok, congratulated him on his victory, saying at the same time that he hoped that Pellegrini would be an independent president. The turnout in the second round was over 60%.
Korczok was a citizen’s candidate, but he had the support of the opposition. Pellegrini is the leader of the Voice-Social Democracy (Hlas-SD) party, which co-creates the government coalition. Pre-election polls did not indicate a winner.
After the polling stations closed, the votes in individual commissions began to be counted. The data is sent to the Slovak Statistical Office, which will gradually publish it.
Since votes from polls in small towns are counted first, the data will most likely indicate Pellegrini’s victory. Only later will information begin to arrive from larger cities where Korczok triumphed in the first round.
