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Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM seeks third term Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM seeks third term
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Voting is under way in Slovakia with Prime Minister Robert Fico expected to win a third term after a campaign marked by anti-migrant rhetoric. Polls have closed in Slovakia's election, where Prime Minister Robert Fico is expected to lose his absolute majority after a campaign dominated by anti-migrant rhetoric.
Ahead of the poll, Mr Fico had pledged he would not accept "one single Muslim" migrant to largely Christian Slovakia due to security concerns. An exit poll puts his party in the lead but suggests he will need partners to form a coalition.
Opinion polls suggest his party may fail to win an outright majority. Mr Fico has pledged he will not accept "one single Muslim" migrant to the largely Christian country.
His government's tough views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders. Slovakia takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July.
Slovakia will take over the European Union's rotating presidency in July. Mr Fico's tough views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders.
Mr Fico's Smer-Social Democracy party won a parliamentary landslide in 2012 but now may have to do a deal with a smaller party such as the ultra-Nationalist Slovak National Party. His Smer-Social Democracy party won a landslide in 2012 but according to the exit poll by private broadcaster TV Markiza, took just over 27% on Saturday.
The same poll predicts as many as nine parties will enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future.
How many parties have crossed the 5% threshold to enter parliament is unknowable until the real results start trickling in, the BBC's Rob Cameron reports from the capital Bratislava.
Those parties hovering on the edge include a far-right party called Our Slovakia, led by a former neo-Nazi skinhead and now regional governor, Marian Kotleba.
That result is sending shockwaves through Slovakia, our correspondent says.
Discontent
Nurses and teachers recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth.Nurses and teachers recently held strikes calling for higher wages, highlighting simmering discontent in some sectors despite strong economic growth.
Mr Fico is known for populist policies such as free train travel for students and pensioners.Mr Fico is known for populist policies such as free train travel for students and pensioners.
The leftist nationalist, 51, has fiercely opposed EU quotas on migrant resettlement from Greece and Italy, which would see his country take about 2,600 people.The leftist nationalist, 51, has fiercely opposed EU quotas on migrant resettlement from Greece and Italy, which would see his country take about 2,600 people.
Slovakia only received 260 asylum requests last year.Slovakia only received 260 asylum requests last year.
Polling stations close at 2100 GMT on Saturday.