The returning Fico won big, the Hungarian party was only a hair away from getting into the parliament

The social democratic party of the former prime minister finished first with almost a quarter of the votes.

Robert Fico's party Irány (Smer-SD) obtained the votes

He won the early Slovak parliamentary election with 23.6 percent, with 94.6 percent of the votes cast processed. In addition to the current processing, the Alliance's result dropped to 4.4 percent, meaning that the Hungarian party from the Highlands does not enter the Bratislava legislature.

The second highest number of votes counted so far, 16.2 percent of the votes, was won by the liberal Progressive Slovakia, and the third place was won by the Voice (Hlas-SD), led by former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who left the Iran, with 15.3 percent. According to the partial results published so far, a total of 7 parties will enter the new Bratislava legislature.

According to the partial results with 94.6 percent processed, the coalition formed by the Simple People and Independent Personalities (OLaNO) movement led by former Prime Minister Igor Matovic and its partners (9.1 percent), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) with 7 percent, will also enter the Bratislava parliament. the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) with 5.8 percent and the Slovak National Party (SNS) with 5.7 percent.

According to preliminary data, the election participation rate was 67.8 percent nationally, which is a slightly higher figure than the one measured in the parliamentary elections three years ago.

The winning Irány has so far not reacted to the almost final results, the party's leading representatives told the Slovak public service news agency TASR that they will only react to the official final results, which will be announced at noon on Sunday.

Krisztián Forró, the president of the Association, promised to speak later.

Mózes Szabolcs, the vice-president of the party, said that they will make a meaningful response after knowing the details of the results. He noted:

the result may even mean the end of ethnic-based politics.

MTI

Featured image: Robert Fico, leader of the Direction - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) party, arrives at the party's headquarters in Bratislava on September 30, 2023, the day of the Slovak parliamentary elections.
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