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Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM seeks third term Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM 'to win reduced majority'
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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. Exit polls in Slovakia's election suggest Prime Minister Robert Fico has won with a reduced majority after a campaign marked by anti-migrant rhetoric.
An exit poll puts his party in the lead but suggests he will need partners to form a coalition. Two exit polls give the ruling party between 27% and 31% - sharply down from the 44% landslide it won in 2012.
Mr Fico has pledged he will not accept "one single Muslim" migrant to the largely Christian country. It seems likely he will need to find coalition partners to return for a third term in office.
Slovakia takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July. Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant.
Mr Fico's tough views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders. His country takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July. His hardline views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders.
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. An exit poll by private broadcaster TV Markiza, and a poll by political science students at Trencin University (in Slovak), predict as many as seven other parties may enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future.
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.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.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.That result is sending shockwaves through Slovakia, our correspondent says.
DiscontentDiscontent
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, who heads the Smer-Social Democracy party, 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.