Sensation in the elections in Slovakia
The parliamentary elections in Slovakia, held on Saturday with high voter turnout (54.6%), ended in a sensation: the opposition Social Democratic Party Smer-SD won (29.14%). The communists did not even overcome the five percent barrier. The ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority. In the new 150-seat unicameral parliament, the Slovak Democratic Christian Union, led by the current Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, has 31 seats, and the Social Democrats have 50.