Original sentence: A total of 2,401 candidates applied to contest the 150 seats.However the five opposition right-wing parties – SDKÚ-DS, KDH, SMK-MKP, Most–Híd and SaS could together also gain a majority.Polls in February 2010 had indicated that the current governing party Direction – Social Democracy would win with a margin of 25%.There are rumours, that prime minister Robert Fico may have secretly agreed not to enter a coalition with the Slovak nationalists again – unless he has no other choice.There were conflicting reports during the campaign as to whether some of these parties would consider joining with Fico
Edited sentence: "  There are rumours, that prime minister Robert Fico may have secretly agreed not to enter a coalition with the Slovak nationalists again – unless he has no other choice.According to polls in February 2010 the current governing party Direction – Social Democracy would have won with a margin of 25%.Despite the large advantage in the polls, there were concerns that the five opposition right-wing parties – SDKÚ-DS, KDH, SMK-MKP, Most–Híd and SaS – might jointly gain a majority; all five of these parties have so far declined to consider entering into a coalition with Direction – Social Democracy after the election.During pre-election campaigning, reports indicated that the "Christian Democrats and the two ethnic Hungarian parties have not ruled out working with Fico.If the Central Election Commission did not exclude any of the candidates, a total of 2,401 candidates would compete for parliamentary seats