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#Slovakia election result - Smer party that opposes aid to Ukraine gets the most votes, but will have a hard time forming a coalition, unless the Hlas party led by a rival from Smer will cooperate with them.
Three far-right parties, including Nazis who had been on 8%, failed to get over the 5% threshold to parliament.
@Loukas there are many issues with UK first past the post system, but you can see the flipside problems of alternatives here. The deals of who forms a government happen after the election. And on this occasion, the 5% threshold keeping far right away is good, but also feels a slightly arbitrary cutoff.
@gpollara yes such a high threshold usually means the established parties are trying to stop challenges. See Turkey for a really extreme case.
@Loukas what's the threshold there?
@Loukas wow, that's seriously high!