Anti-graft campaigner wins Slovak presidential election first round

(VOVWORLD) - Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova led Slovakia’s presidential election first round with 38.9 percent of votes after results from a fifth of polling stations were counted, statistics office data showed on Saturday.

Zuzana Caputova speaks after the first unofficial results in Bratislava, Slovakia, Mar. 16, 2019. (Photo: Reuters)

The ruling Smer party’s candidate, European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, was second with 18.9 percent. As no candidate won more than 50%, a second-round run-off will be held on March 30.

More than 4.4 million Slovaks cast their votes for their next president on Saturday.

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