Czech president: Slovak election results differ significantly from Czech results

Czech President Václav Klaus says that the results of general elections in Slovakia, which took place on Saturday, are very different from the results of recent Czech lower house elections. In both countries, the two biggest left-wing parties came first, but both the Social Democrats in the Czech Republic and Smer in Slovakia appear likely to go into opposition. Mr Klaus said, however, that the results differed in a number of significant points. One was that Smer was able to improve upon its last election result, while the Social Democrats lost a large portion of their vote.

On Sunday, leaders of three Czech right-of-center parties currently in talks on forming a coalition commented on the results of the Slovak elections, drawing close parallels between the results in both countries.

Author: Sarah Borufka