Ms Pirc Musar, 54, won 53.83 per cent of the vote in the run-off, while her rival, right-wing politician and former foreign minister Andze Logar, 46, won 46.17 per cent, according to election commission data based on 86.7 per cent of the votes counted.
Turnout was 49.9 per cent, the commission data showed.
"I will do my best to be a true president for all, to work for fundamental and constitutional human and democratic rights and democracy," Ms Pirc Musar told reporters after claiming victory.
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