Polls predict that an independent candidate supported by the Pirates and Greens is likely to win the run-off against right-wing and ruling party-backed hopefuls to become Slovenia’s first female president.

Slovenia is heading to the polls to elect a new President on Sunday, with incumbent Borut Pahor not running due to term limits.

Polls suggest that no candidate will win more than 50% of the vote,  making a run-off between the top two candidates likely, tentatively scheduled for 13 November 2022.

For the upcoming first round, centre-right to right-wing candidate Anže Logar of former prime minister Janez Janša’s Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS-EPP) is leading the polls with about 30% of decided voters.

Logar is closely followed by Nataša Pirc Musar, a non-partisan supported by the Slovenian Pirate Party and SMS (European Greens, polling at about 27%.

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