BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Zuzana Caputova, an anti-corruption campaigner with no experience in public office, won the first round of Slovakia's presidential election on Saturday, setting up a tough clash with the ruling Smer party's candidate.
Although voters appeared to spurn Smer a year after the murder of a journalist which sparked mass protests, the party's Maros Sefcovic, an EU Commissioner, could pick up support among those who prefer stability to the change offered by Caputova.
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