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While Smer-SD's defeat was almost inevitable, the winner was as surprising as it was deserved — Igor Matovic, an unorthodox politician, successful self-made businessman and a genius of political marketing.

"Please believe me, as I stand here, that together with other leaders of democratic parties, we will try to create the best government Slovakia has ever had," Matovic said on Sunday morning.

Two years after the brutal murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée shocked the country, parliamentary elections have brought palpable change to Slovakia.