Liberal lawyer Caputova takes lead in Slovak presidential election

Liberal lawyer Caputova takes lead in Slovak presidential election

Anti-graft lawyer Zuzana Caputova led Slovakia's presidential run-off election with 57.6 percent of votes after results from 13.9 percent of polling stations were counted, statistics office data showed on Saturday.

The ruling Smer party's candidate, European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic, was second with 42.4 percent. (Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

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