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Progressive Slovakia likely wins parliamentary election: exit polls

BRATISLAVA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Progressive Slovakia (PS) party most likely won Slovakia's snap parliamentary election on Saturday, according to two local exit polls.

An exit poll carried out by Median SK agency on behalf of public broadcaster RTVS showed that PS secured 19.97 percent of the votes, followed by the Smer-SD's 19.09 percent and Voice-SD's 11.17 percent respectively.

Another exit poll by Focus agency on behalf of television channel Markiza indicated that PS party won 23.5 percent of the votes, while Smer-SD gained the support of 21.9 percent of the voters and Voice-SD 12.2 percent.

A total of 24 political parties and one coalition contest the early election. This is the ninth election in the history of independent Slovakia, with more than 4.3 million eligible voters.