Slovakia's leftist Smer party will try to form a new government after Saturday's election in which it won the most votes but fell short of an overall majority, Smer leader and Prime Minister Robert Fico was quoted as saying by Today Online.

Fico said the results, which brought at least eight parties to parliament, were "very complicated" and building a cabinet would take some time.

In all, eight parties, including the far-right People's Party - Our Slovakia led by Marian Kotleba, will be represented in parliament. Our Slovakia won more than 8% of the vote, the BBC reported.

With about 50% of the vote counted, Fico's Smer-Social Democracy party is on about 29% support, which would give it 48 seats in the 150-member parliament.

Source : MENA