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Final election results in the first round of Slovakia’s presidential elections show former foreign minister Ivan Korčok ahead by a clear margin but headed to run-off. Korčok, a liberal, led with 42.5% of the vote, according to the official final results published by the election commission on Sunday. He is set to face Slovak parliamentary speaker Peter Pellegrini in a second round of voting on April 6, as none of the nine candidates received an absolute majority of votes. Pellegrini ended up with 37.0% of the vote in the first round of the election, despite leading in opinion polls for much of…

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