Slovak ex-PM Fico's party holds early election lead - partial results

The Slovak SMER-SSD party of three-time former prime minister Robert Fico led the country's parliamentary election with 24.67% of the vote after 30.14% of voting districts had reported on Sunday.

The HLAS (Voice) party had 16.72% and the liberal party Progresivne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia, PS), which led two exit polls, had 12.58%.

The results in early counting were mostly from small districts with fewer voters, where Fico's party was expected to show strong results. Larger districts in bigger cities that were expected to lean toward PS were still due to report.