Opposition liberals in strong position in Slovenian election, polls suggest

A member of electoral commission inspects ballot boxes at a polling station in Sentilj (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Exit polls in Slovenia’s parliamentary vote on Sunday suggested a strong lead for the opposition liberals over the ruling right-wing populists of the prime minister, Janez Jansa.

The polls conducted by the Mediana polling agency and published by public broadcaster, TV Slovenia, and commercial Pop TV, showed the opposition Freedom Movement winning 35.8% support compared with the ruling conservative Slovenian Democratic Party with 22.5%.