Presidential election: What will the Čaputová vs. Šefčovič duel look like?

Votes for the extreme are alarming.

Maros Sefcovic and his wife Helena voted in the morning. Maros Sefcovic and his wife Helena voted in the morning. (Source: Sme)

The biggest surprise of the 2019 presidential election came one month before it actually took place.

The rocket start of Zuzana Čaputová, who rose to the top of the polls several weeks before the vote while the last pre-moratorium polls favoured her with the slightly exaggerated 45 or 53 percent of the vote in the first round, has now been confirmed in the election.

SkryťTurn off ads
Article continues after video advertisement
SkryťTurn off ads
Article continues after video advertisement

Read also: Čaputová vs. Šefčovič: Presidential election is now narrowed down to two candidates Read more 

The real results have also shown that the speculation that she might win the entire election in the first round was not a reality. The final 40 percent constitutes a very good result, but Čaputová now needs to repeat this success in the second round.

SkryťTurn off ads

The preliminary polls favour her. But how will the votes of those who voted for other candidates shift in the second round?

What will Štefan Harabin and Marian Kotleba supporters do? And who will Milan Krajniak, František Mikloško and Béla Bugár support?

Second rounds have brought a turn before

The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.sk
Subscribe now for full access

I already have subscription - Sign in

Subscription provides you with:
  • Immediate access to all locked articles (premium content) on Spectator.sk
  • Special weekly news summary + an audio recording with a weekly news summary to listen to at your convenience (received on a weekly basis directly to your e-mail)
  • PDF version of the latest issue of our newspaper, The Slovak Spectator, emailed directly to you
  • Access to all premium content on Sme.sk and Korzar.sk

Top stories

The future of safer abortion in Slovakia is still unknown.

News digest: Health minister ponders politically fraught abortion pill decision

Summer in Bratislava, the future of stores, and the general prosecutor objects to a sentencing decision.


16 h
Vrakuňa’s citizens presented apples washed in water with leaked toxins at the protest in 2016.

Chemical time bomb in Bratislava’s Vrakuňa keeps ticking

The state is failing to solve leaking chemical waste dump.


31. may
Jupiter (centre) and its Galilean moons: from left Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. Juice with deployed antennas and arrays is in the bottom right.

From Košice to Ganymede: Slovak engineers are leaving their mark in space

Slovaks are active participants in two ongoing space missions.


20. may
Devin Castle

Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between June 8 and June 18, plus temporary exhibitions, classical music and highlights of the year.


8. jun
SkryťClose ad