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Opposition leads Slovenia's polls | Opposition leads Slovenia's polls |
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Slovenia's opposition is holding a razor-thin lead over the ruling party of PM Janez Jansa, near-complete results from parliamentary polls show. | Slovenia's opposition is holding a razor-thin lead over the ruling party of PM Janez Jansa, near-complete results from parliamentary polls show. |
With 99% of the votes counted, the Social Democrats had 30.5% of the vote against 29.3% for the centre-right Slovenian Democrats, officials said. | |
But a strong performance by the Social Democrats' allies gives the centre-left 43 seats in the 90-strong parliament. | |
Final results are due next week after votes cast abroad are counted. | |
Slovenia, the richest of the former Yugoslav states, is a member of the European Union and Nato. | Slovenia, the richest of the former Yugoslav states, is a member of the European Union and Nato. |
It was also the first East European state to adopt euro. | |
Mr Jansa's party is claiming credit for the country's increased prosperity. | Mr Jansa's party is claiming credit for the country's increased prosperity. |
But the centre-right government has also frequently been accused of corruption. | But the centre-right government has also frequently been accused of corruption. |
Jansa's 'admission' | |
The Social Democrats led by Borut Pahor are now expected to get 29 seats in parliament, one more than Mr Jansa's party. | |
Mr Jansa is hoping to gain a new four-year mandate | Mr Jansa is hoping to gain a new four-year mandate |
Mr Pahor's main allies - Zares and the Liberal Democrats - received 9.4% and 5.19% of the vote respectively. | |
The three parties look set to control about 43 seats in parliament - just three short of a majority. | |
"This is a great achievement for us but we will still have to wait for the official final results by the [electoral] commission," Mr Pahor told reporters on Sunday. | |
Mr Jansa's allies fared badly in the polls, with one of the centre-right parties failing to reach the 4% threshold. | |
Mr Jansa admitted that the centre-left coalition had "more chance" of forming the next government. | |
While the economic policies of the two main parties are similar, a left-leaning government could be expected to focus more on the redistribution of wealth to poorer parts of society, the BBC's Nick Thorpe says. | |
Some 1.7 million people were eligible to vote. |