Slovenian President Borut Pahor must be on his way to a weiterenAmtszeit probably in runoff. The reigning head of state was in course of DerStimmauszählung presidential election, but it will probably not absolute majority, which would have spared him a second round of elections. After counting almost all votes, Pahor came to a good 47 percent, seingrößter rival Marjan Šarec to just under 25 percent.
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The absence of AbsolutenMehrheit comes as a surprise: last polls before election had Pahor a probable victory already in ErstenRunde forecast. Slovenian television had already reported that Pahor was re-elected for a second term in course of present.
Pahor himself said in evening in Ljubljana that he had reckoned with a runoff from beginning. He now wants to convince citizens before election on 12 November that I am best candidate for presidency of next five years “.
Lowest turnout in history
In election, party of Prime Minister Miro Cerar punished: So SMC candidate and Education Minister Maja Makovec Brenčič only came to 1.7 percent of vote. The next parliamentary elections are already in summer of 2018.
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About 1.7 million voters were able to choose between four candidates and five contestants on Sunday. The turnout was only 42 percent, waseinen new negative record and a significant decline in comparison to last elections five years ago (48 percent).
In Slovenia, Präsidentweitgehend has representative tasks. It does not have executive power, but proposes Prime minister. In addition, SeineMeinung has weight on important topics.
Incumbent against Politneuling
With expected result, 53-year-old Amtsinhaberam 12 November meets journalist and actor Marjan Šarec. The 39-Jährigetrat as an independent candidate and is considered a policy newcomer. Since 2010, Ister has been mayor of Kamnik, a small town with 14,000 inhabitants of city of Slovenia. According to his own statement, he had entered to break fixed Politspektrum.
Before becoming seven JahrenBürgermeister, Šarec had made a name for himself as a TV comedian who laughed SeinPublikum with imitation of leading politicians in country. First election analyses show that he was able to vote primarily for younger and more educated voter groups.
Pahor was a social demo scratch wiping 2008 and 2012 had already been prime Minister of Slovenia. In election campaign he staged himself in social media as a citizen-oriented Politstar, which earned him nickname “King of Instagram”. For example, he had emigrated 700 kilometers through Slovenia in order to come into direct conversation with citizens. He Aktiondokumentierte with numerous photos and videos. Critics accuse him of devaluing continues office and having election campaign “trivialized”. In foreseeable runoff he is dennochals big favorite.
