The Results in Slovakia’s presidential election show that the two favorite candidates will meet in a runoff vote in two weeks, Therepublic reports.
The Slovak Statistics Office says Zuzana Caputova has 40.2 percent of the vote with ballots from over 95 percent of polling stations counted early Sunday. The 45-year-old environmental and anti-corruption activist is in favor of gay rights and opposes a ban on abortion in the conservative Roman Catholic country.
Her strongest challenger is Maros Sefcovic, an establishment figure who is the European Commission Vice-President. He is running a distant second with 18.7 percent. A pro-Russian candidate Stefan Harabin is third with 14.4 percent.
Because no single candidate won a majority, a runoff will be held on March 30 in this central European nation of 5.4 million people.