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Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM Fico 'loses majority' Slovakia election: Anti-migrant PM Fico 'loses majority'
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Exit polls in Slovakia suggest the leftist prime minister Robert Fico has won the election but lost his majority in parliament. Slovakia's leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico has won the general election but lost his majority in parliament, partial results suggest.
The polls predict as many as nine parties will enter parliament, complicating Slovakia's political future.
It seems likely Mr Fico will need to find coalition partners to return for a third term in office.It seems likely Mr Fico will need to find coalition partners to return for a third term in office.
Gains by a number of small parties may produce a divided parliament with no clear path to forming a majority government.
Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant.Mr Fico has vowed not to accept "one single Muslim" migrant.
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 country takes over the EU's rotating presidency in July. His hardline views on migration echo those of Polish, Czech and Hungarian leaders.
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.
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, who heads the Smer-Social Democracy party, 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.