On Saturday, March 23, 2024, the first round of presidential elections took place in Slovakia. Voters chose from nine candidates. Voter turnout was at almost 52 percent. The winner of the first round was Ivan Kor\u010dok (independent candidate), with over 42 percent of the votes, Peter Pellegrini (Voice) with 37 percent was second. \u00a0The nationalist \u0160tefan Harabin came third (11.7 percent), and almost 3 percent went to the chairman of the Hungarian Alliance, Kriszti\u00e1n Forr\u00f3. He won first place in two districts in the south, in Dunajsk\u00e1 Streda and Kom\u00e1rno. These are districts with a significant Hungarian minority, but part of the population is also made up of Hungarian-speaking Roma.<\/p>\n
Igor Matovi\u010d, leader of the Slovakia movement (formerly O\u013daNO), won only 2.18 percent of the vote. Part of his movement is also the Roma platform Pa\u010divale Roma, which is represented by father and son Poll\u00e1k. Matovi\u010d received higher support in the districts of Bardejov, Sabinov, Levo\u010da and Ke\u017emarok, i.e. districts with a higher proportion of Roma, where the Poll\u00e1k come from. It can therefore be assumed that he was elected by the Roma in the settlements.<\/p>\n
The second round of the presidential election will take place on April 6, with more than 4.36 million eligible voters eligible to participate.<\/p>\n
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