None of the seven candidates for president - a largely symbolic office in the Central European country - is expected to achieve the necessary absolute majority on Sunday, meaning a run-off is likely on November 13. Opinion polls indicate the strongest candidate is Anže Logar. He served as foreign minister in the previous government of Janez Janša, a communist turned right-wing hardliner, and the two are friends. Critics say Janša, who served a prime minister three times, sought to curtail media freedom and pays scant respect to democratic values or the rule of law in the EU country. He was ousted by Golob, a political newcomer, in last spring's parliamentary elections. Polls put lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar, a political independent, in second place while Milan Brglez, who is supported by Golob's Freedom Movement party, was in third place. Polling stations close at 7 pm (1700 GMT). First results are expected in the late evening.