BRATISLAVA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Slovakia's incumbent speaker of the National Council Peter Pellegrini on Sunday was officially announced as the winner of the country's presidential election.
Slovakia's State Electoral Commission announced at a news conference that Pellegrini won 53.12 percent of the votes in Saturday's second round of the presidential election, compared to former foreign minister Ivan Korcok's 46.87 percent.
The State Electoral Commission also said voter turnout in the second round reached 61.14 percent, higher than the first round's 51.91 percent.
Pellegrini, 48, served as Slovakia's prime minister from 2018 to 2020. Korcok served as the country's foreign minister from 2020 to 2022.
In the first round on March 23, which included nine candidates, Korcok received 42.51 percent of the vote, followed by Pellegrini's 37.02 percent.
The president of Slovakia is chosen in a direct election. Incumbent President Zuzana Caputova, whose five-year term expires on June 15 this year, did not seek re-election. ■