Polls Show Tuerk Winning Run-off in a Landslide

Ljubljana/Maribor, 3 November - Former senior UN diplomat Danilo Tuerk could win the presidential run-off on 11 November in a landslide, as surveys published by the three leading nation-wide dailies on Saturday give him a two-to-one lead ahead of MEP Lojze Peterle.

Ljubljana Presidential candidate Lojze Peterle. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana
Presidential candidate Lojze Peterle.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Ljubljana. Presidential candidates Danilo Tuerk (left) and Lojze Peterle (right) shaking hands at the press centre at Cankarjev dom after the Sunday presidential election. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana.
Presidential candidates Danilo Tuerk (left) and Lojze Peterle (right) shaking hands at the press centre at Cankarjev dom after the Sunday presidential election.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana. Presidential candidates Danilo Tuerk (left) and Lojze Peterle. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana.
Presidential candidates Danilo Tuerk (left) and Lojze Peterle.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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