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Slovenian anti-immigration party wins parliamentary elections

ANTI-IMMIGRATION Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) topped the polls in Sunday’s general election, winning 25.9 per cent of the vote.

It finished ahead of the left-wing populist List of Marjan Sarec (LMS) which polled 12.7 percent. 

President Borut Pahor gave SDS leader Janez Jansa first shot at forming a government after his party won 25 of the 90 seats in Slovenia’s parliament.

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