Slovenia elects Natasa Pirc Musar as 1st woman president: Preliminary results

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Natasa Pirc Musar won Slovenia's second round of Sunday's presidential election, and will become the country's first woman president, preliminary results showed.

Musar, a lawyer and former TV presenter, won 53.98% of the votes, while her rival Anze Logar won 46.02%, data based on 92.65% of the votes counted showed.

The first round of the election was held on Oct. 23, but none of the candidates won over 50% of the ballots needed for an outright victory.