Right-Wing Politician Takes Lead in Slovenia’s Presidential Race, to Face Runoff

Slovenian former foreign minister and presidential candidate Anze Logar talks to the press after voting in the presidential election at one of the polling stations in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 23, 2022. Jure Makovec/AFP via Getty Images

LJUBLJANA—A right-wing former foreign minister, Anze Logar, won most votes in the first round of Slovenia’s presidential election on Sunday, preliminary results based on a partial vote count on the election commission website showed.

Logar secured 34 percent of the vote while Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won 26.88 percent, based on around 80 percent of ballots cast, and they will face a run-off on Nov. 13.