Slovenian President Pahor Fails to Win Majority, Faces Runoff

A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Grosuplje, Slovenia Oct. 22, 2017. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

LJUBLJANA–Slovenian President Borut Pahor will face a second-round election on Nov. 12 after he fell short of a majority in Sunday’s first round, as he tries to win a second five-year mandate.

With 99 percent of the vote counted, according to the State Election Commission, Pahor had 47.1 percent of the vote. In next month’s runoff, he will face Marjan Sarec, the mayor of the city of Kamnik, who took 25 percent. Turnout reached 43.5 percent.