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Unofficial Results of VUC Elections: Coalition Defeats Opposition 3-1
Sunday 29 November 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) - The Opposition has secured only one governor seat in the four regions in which the second round of the Higher Territorial Unit (VUCs) elections took place on Saturday.
SDKU-DS MP Pavol Freso (also backed by KDH, SMK, OKS and SaS) won the run-off against Vladimir Bajan (independent with support of Smer-SD, LS-HZDS, SZS and HZD) in Bratislava region with 60.5 percent, according to the unofficial results released by the Statistics Office. The turnout in Bratislava region reached 20.18 percent.
Smer-SD MEP Vladimir Manka (also supported by LS-HZDS) received 53.7 percent of votes in the race against rightist Jozef Mikus (SDKU-DS, KDH, OKS, KDS and SaS) in Banska Bystrica region. The turnout was at 18 percent.
Incumbent Trencin governor Pavol Sedlacek (LS-HZDS, Smer-SD and SNS) defended his office by defeating former defence minister Martin Fedor (SDKU-DS, KDH, SaS and OKS) with 59 percent of votes. The turnout in Trencin region reached 15.77 percent.
Presov governor Peter Chudik (Smer-SD, LS-HZDS, HZD and SZS) also remains in the office following a victorious head-to-head race against former KDH MEP Jan Hudacky (also backed by SDKU-DS and SaS). Chudik received 54 percent of votes in the election, which saw a 19.2-percent turnout.
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