Slovak PM Fico's Smer party leads in election

Bratislava, March 6: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD came first in the general election in Slovakia on Saturday, according to media exit poll.

Smer-SD won 27.3 percent of the vote, followed by Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) with 13.3 percent and OLaNO-NOVA with 11.2 percent, the exit poll showed.

Moreover, the exit poll also indicated that the following parties have also made it into Parliament: Slovak National Party (SNS) -- 8 percent, Most-Hid -- 7.3 percent, People's Party Our Slovakia -- 6.8 percent, Siet -- 6.7 percent, We Are Family -- 5.9 percent, and the Christian Democrats (KDH) -- 5 percent, a news agency reported.

Official results will be published on Sunday, March 6.

IANS