Presidential candidate Borut Pahor answers questions from the media during the presidential election outside a polling station in Sempeter pri Novi Gorici, Slovenia October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic
October 22, 2017
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenian President Borut Pahor won his second five-year mandate in an election held on Sunday, an exit poll by the national TV Slovenia showed.
Pahor won 56.2 percent of the vote, ahead of the mayor of the city of Kamnik, Marjan Sarec, with 22.5 percent. A total of nine candidates competed at the election. Preliminary results are expected around 1900 GMT.
(Reporting By Marja Novak)
