Peter Pellegrini, the president of the Slovak parliament and the second largest government party, Hang (Hlas-SD), leads with 53.26 percent of the votes cast, ahead of former foreign minister Ivan Korčok, who got 46.73 percent, in the second, decisive round of the Slovak presidential election held on Saturday. The result is available after 99.66 percent of the votes have been processed.
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In addition to an outstanding turnout, Peter Pellegrini, the president of the Slovak parliament and the second largest government party, the Voice (Hlas-SD), won the second round of the Slovak presidential election, so he will be the new head of state of Slovakia from June 15 – announced the official results of the election at the election committee’s press conference in Bratislava on Sunday.
According to the final results of Saturday’s second round of the sixth direct Slovak presidential election, 53.12 percent of those participating in the election voted for Peter Pellegrini, while his opponent, Ivan Korcok, received 46.87 percent of the votes cast. The participation rate was 61.14 percent, which is the second highest in the history of direct elections to the head of state in Slovakia.
About 4.3 million voters were eligible to participate in the election. 1.4 million people voted for Peter Pellegrini, while Ivan Korcok received 1 million 243 thousand votes.
Considering the ratios and Pellegrini’s advantage, the current data can be practically considered an unofficial final result.
From the first round of the presidential election held two weeks earlier, Ivan Korčok advanced to the current second round with 42.5 percent of the votes, while Peter Pellegrini received 37 percent of the votes.
According to the relevant Slovak regulations, in order to win in the second round of the presidential election, it is no longer necessary to obtain at least half of the votes of all voters entitled to vote, but the votes of the majority of those participating in the voting are sufficient.
