European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 10,1990 the stars and stripes Page 3slovenia sets Runoff to pick new president Ljubljana Yugoslavia apr Yugoslavia a Liberal Republic of Slovenia will select its first freely elected president since 1945 in a Runoff Between a reformed communist and a conservative secessionist following first round election results monday. With 98 percent of the ballots in sundays slovenian presidential election counted the reformed communist Candi european elections Kucan Date Milan Kucan led with 44.4 percent. Joze Tucnik of the Center right opposition demos coalition was second with 26.2 percent. Independent candidate Ivan Kram Berger was third with 18.9 percent and Liberal party candidate Marko Demsar was fourth with 10.5  neither Kucan nor Tucnik received an absolute majority they will face each other in a Runoff election april 22. An estimated 1.1 million slovenians or 75 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the first multiparty elections in Yugoslavia since world War ii. They choose among 17 parties for the new slovenian parliament and four candidates for the republics president. First round results a suggest that slovenians have opted for a peaceful transition from a single party monopoly to a parliamentary democracy a said Kucan a key Engineer of the republics Road to democracy. Tucnik a former dissident who spent seven years in slovenian prisons in the 1950s, said he was confident of winning the Runoff a because those who voted for Kramberger and Demsar will now probably vote for  he said he was a satisfied with the Success in the first round of the elections since he a was until recently virtually unknown in the  Tucnik a professor of philosophy returned to Slovenia Only last year after spending More than 20 years in exile in West Germany. Political analysts predict a close race Between Tucnik who advocates Quick slovenian secession from Yugoslavia and Kucan who has called for a More cautious approach. Initial results suggest that the slovenian communist party recent by renamed the party of democratic renewal will become the largest single party in the multiparty parliament but will face a Tough demos opposition consisting of five conservative parties. The renamed communists will have about 21 percent of the seats in the 240-seat parliament and the five parties belonging to the demos will have about 35 percent. Because of the slow counting process official results of the vote for the parliament Are expected a Quot i Day or wednesday electoral commission officials said. Jubilant greek conservatives wave flags in Athens after hearing that their party had won sundays election. Greek conservatives get partner Athens Greece apr conservative party Leader Constantine i Tsitakis Cut a Deal monday with a Small party to form a government after election returns showed he was one seat Short of a parliamentary majority. Official results said the new democracy party had won 150 seats sunday in the 300-member unicameral parliament. The conservatives fell just Short of a majority in june and november elections. Faced with another political deadlock i Tsitakis met with Costis Steph Nopoulos and worked out an agreement whereby the democratic renewals one victorious candidate would support new democracy in parliament to give them the necessary 151 seats. After a 30-minute meeting with i Tsitakis Steph Nopoulos told journalists that he offered his support to end the political impasse to avoid a fourth general election which would be detrimental for the nation. But he said that he would not be a member of the government which will be an All new democracy Cabinet. Later a party announcement said i Tsitakis was calling on president Christos sarzetakis monday night to receive a mandate to form a government. New democracy sources said he was expected to announce his Cabinet by wednesday and present it to parliament for approval when the newly elected lawmakers officially Convene on april 23. Steph Nopoulos 64, is a Veteran politician who left new democracy after a leadership dispute with i Tsitakis four years ago and formed his own party. His decision to Back his old party will end political uncertainly that has gripped Greece since elections last june and november ended i conclusively and will permit a viable government to tackle a crumbling Economy and growing Urban  result by the associated pres Greece in the country a third parliamentary elections in 10 months the conservative new democratic party won 150 of parliaments 300 seats falling one seat Short of the majority needed to govern alone. New democratic Leader Constantine i Tsitakis says hell nevertheless try to form a government. A Victory by the new democrats who fell just Short of a majority in inconclusive june and november elections would end a debilitating political deadlock that has left Greece unable to Cope with a crumbling Economy and growing Urban terrorism Hungary in balloting that ended four decades of communist role the conservative and nationalistic democratic forum won a resounding Victory Over its Liberal rival but fell Short of a majority. It is the second Victory for a conservative party in free elections in the former soviet bloc. Yugoslavia the Liberal Republic of Slovenia held Yugoslavia a first free multiparty elections since 1945, with the presidential candidate who favored a cautious approach to secession winning the most votes but former communist Milan Kucan did not gain an absolute majority and faces an april 22 Runoff vote with Joze Tucnik a former political prisoner who advocates Quick slovenian Independence from Yugoslavia Early returns from sundays balloting indicated the slovenian communists who recently followed an East european trend and renamed them serves would he the largest single party in the republics parliament but would face a Tough five party conservative coalition led by Tucnik. Hungary a conservatives forming coalition Jozsef Antall Budapest Hungary apr the conservative democratic forum started forming a governing coalition monday after defeating its Liberal rival in elections that closed the Book on four decades of communist Rule. Unofficial results from the National vote counting Center showed the conservative nationalist party had won 165 of 386 parliamentary seats at stake in a Runoff vote sunday and first round balloting two weeks ago. The Liberal Alliance of free democrats was a Distant second with 92 seats. It was the second Victory for a conservative party in free elections in the former soviet bloc. Conservatives won big in East Germany a March 18 vote falling just Short of a majority. In both East Germany and Hungary the remnants of the Long ruling communists were relegated to a relatively minor opposition role. Eight hours after Hungary a polls closed sunday the democratic forum had 42.75 percent of the vote compared with 23.83 percent for the free democrats. On monday democratic forum president Jozsef Antall got Down to the business of negotiating the formation of the country a first non communist government since 1947. The agrarian smallholders and the Christian democratic parties Are considered Likely coalition partners and largely share the democratic forums emphasis on family and hungarian tradition. The smallholders in third place with 43 seals received 11.14 percent of the vote. The Christian democrats won 21 seals or 5.44 percent of ballots finishing in a tie with the league of Young democrats which is ideologically closest to the free democrats. The socialist party made up of communist reformers who nearly two years ago initiated the democratic changes in Hungary won 33 seats or 8.55 percent of the vote. The rest of the seats were divided among independents candidates supported by More than one party and one candidate of the splinter agrarian federation final results were expected tuesday