Former Prime Minister Borut Pahor won 40% of the vote and the incumbent Slovenian president Danilo Tuerk followed with 35.84% of the vote in presidential election which Slovenia held on Sunday. The third candidate Milan Zver mustered 24.16% of the vote, according to the State Election Commission that had processed over 50% of ballots cast in the polls immediately after the poling stations were closed.
Tuerk and Pahor will vie in the presidential run-off in three weeks' times.
According to preliminary statistics, a turnout was slightly below 48%.
