(ANSA-AFP) - LJUBLJANA, MAR 23 - Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday was due to begin a tough search for coalition partners to form government after his liberals edged out the conservatives in a weekend vote. Golob claimed victory over US President Donald Trump admirer Janez Jansa late Sunday, after parliamentary election results put the liberals on 29 seats compared with 28 seats for the conservatives in the 90-seat parliament. The rest of the seats are due to be distributed among a disparate mosaic of smaller parties and analysts predict it will be difficult to form a stable government in the ex-Yugoslav nation and EU member of two million people. In his speech Sunday, Golob, who led a three-party centre-left coalition during his last mandate, said he would invite all parties on Monday for coalition talks. "We face tough negotiations," the 59-year-old conceded, hailing his win as a vote for "democracy". The last days of campaigning were overshadowed by claims of foreign interference, with authorities probing whether an Israeli company was behind secretly recorded videos suggesting alleged graft in Golob's government. A civil society group, together with an investigative journalist and two researchers, accused Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube over the videos, linking it to Jansa's party. Three-time premier Jansa -- an ally of nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban -- has admitted to having met a Black Cube official, but has denied being behind the videos. His team would "count every vote from all polling stations," Jansa, 67, warned late Sunday, but also said he would not form a "weak government". (ANSA-AFP).