Elections in Slovenia
For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist
elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties
and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009)
For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/slovenia_en.html
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE: 21 October, 11 November 2007 | ||||
1st Round | % | 2nd Round | % | |
Electorate | 1,720,481 | 1,720,174 | ||
Valid Votes | 986,429 | 57.3 | 995,621 | 57.9 |
Invalid Votes | 5,279 | 0.3 | 9,738 | 0.6 |
Total Votes | 991,708 | 57.6 | 1,005,359 | 58.5 |
Danilo Türk, Independent(1) | 241,349 | 24.5 | 677,333 | 68 |
Lojze Peterle, Independent(2) | 283,412 | 28.7 | 318,288 | 32 |
Mitja Gaspari, Independent(3) | 237,632 | 24.1 | � | � |
Zmago Jelincic Plemeniti, SNS | 188,951 | 19.2 | � | � |
Darko Krajnc, SMS | 21,526 | 2.2 | � | � |
Elena Pecaric, Independent | 8,830 | 0.9 | � | � |
Monika Piberl, Women's Voice | 4,729 | 0.5 | � | � |
Source: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.237 | ||||
1 Independent but supported by NSi�KLS, SDS, and SLS�SKD. | ||||
2 Independent but supported by Social Democrats (SD), DeSUS, Active Slovenia, and Zares. | ||||
3 Independent but supported by LDS. |
SLOVENIA: Percentage of Votes for the Dr�avni Zbor | |||||||
8 Apr 1990 | 6 Dec 1992 | 10 Nov 1996 | 15 Oct 2000 | 3 Oct 2004 | 21 Sept 2008 | ||
Valid Votes | 72.6 | 79.7 | 69.3 | 67.8 | 59.3 | 62 | |
Invalid Votes | 7.4 | 6 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | |
Total Votes | 80 | 85.7 | 73.6 | 70.1 | 60.7 | 63.1 | |
1 | Party of Democratic Reform | 17.3 | � | � | � | � | � |
2 | Liberal Democratic Party | 14.5 | 23.5 | � | � | � | � |
21 | Liberal Democracy | � | � | 27 | 36.3 | 22.8 | 5.2 |
10 | Socialist Party | 5.4 | 2.8 | � | � | � | � |
3 | Slovenian Christian Democrats | 13 | 14.5 | 9.6 | � | � | � |
24 | Slovenian People's Party�SLS�SKD | � | � | � | 9.5 | 6.8 | � |
4 | Slovenian People's Party | 12.6 | 8.7 | 19.4 | � | � | � |
28 | Joint list: SLS + Slovenian Youth | � | � | � | � | � | 5.2 |
23 | Party of Slovenian Youth | � | � | � | 4.3 | 2.1 | � |
5 | Democratic Party | 9.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.8 | � | � |
6 | Greens | 8.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
7 | Slovenian Democratic Party | 7.4 | 3.3 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 29.1 | 29.3 |
8 | Liberal Party | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | � | � | � |
9 | Democratic Party of Pensioners | � | � | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4 | 7.4 |
11 | League for Citizens' Equality | 2.5 | � | � | � | � | � |
12 | Civic Green List | 2 | � | � | � | � | � |
13 | Party of Small Entrepreneurs | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | � | � | � |
14 | Social Democrats | � | 13.6 | 9 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 30.4 |
15 | Slovenian National Party | � | 10 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
16 | National Democratic Party | � | 2.2 | � | � | � | � |
17 | Liberal Democratic Party: LDSS | � | 1.4 | � | � | � | � |
18 | Party of Independents | � | 1.4 | � | � | � | � |
19 | Christian Socialists | � | 1.1 | � | � | � | � |
20 | Leagues for Primorska & Gorejnska | � | 0.8 | 1.1 | � | � | � |
22 | New Slovenia�Christian People | � | � | � | 8.7 | 9.1 | 3.4 |
25 | Active Slovenia | � | � | � | � | 3 | � |
26 | Slovenia Is Ours | � | � | � | � | 2.6 | � |
27 | Zares | � | � | � | � | � | 9.4 |
29 | Lime Tree | � | � | � | � | � | 1.8 |
Others Slovenia 241 | 2 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 |
Source: Richard Rose, Richard & Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies . (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.240f
SLOVENIA: Number of Seats in the Dr�avni Zbor | |||||||
8 Apr 1990 (1) | 6 Dec 1992 | 10 Nov 1996 | 15 Oct 2000 | 3 Oct 2004 | 21 Sept 2008 | ||
1 | Party of Democratic Reform | 14 | � | � | � | � | � |
2 | Liberal Democratic Party | 12 | 22 | � | � | � | � |
21 | Liberal Democracy | � | � | 25 | 34 | 23 | 5 |
10 | Socialist Party | 5 | 0 | � | � | � | � |
3 | Slovenian Christian Democrats | 11 | 15 | 10 | � | � | � |
24 | Slovenian People's Party�SLS�SKD | � | � | � | 9 | 7 | � |
4 | Slovenian People's Party | 11 | 10 | 19 | � | � | � |
28 | Joint list: SLS + Slovenian Youth | � | � | � | � | � | 5 |
23 | Party of Slovenian Youth | � | � | � | 4 | 0 | � |
5 | Democratic Party | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | � | � |
6 | Greens | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Slovenian Democratic Party | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 28 |
8 | Liberal Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | � | � | � |
9 | Democratic Party of Pensioners | � | � | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
11 | League for Citizens' Equality | 0 | � | � | � | � | � |
12 | Civic Green List | 0 | � | � | � | � | � |
13 | Party of Small Entrepreneurs | 0 | 0 | 0 | � | � | � |
14 | Social Democrats | � | 14 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
15 | Slovenian National Party | � | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
16 | National Democratic Party | � | 0 | � | � | � | � |
17 | Liberal Democratic Party: LDSS | � | 0 | � | � | � | � |
18 | Party of Independents | � | 0 | � | � | � | � |
19 | Christian Socialists | � | 0 | � | � | � | � |
20 | Leagues for Primorska & Gorejnska | � | 0 | 0 | � | � | � |
22 | New Slovenia�Christian People | � | � | � | 8 | 9 | 0 |
25 | Active Slovenia | � | � | � | � | 0 | � |
26 | Slovenia Is Ours | � | � | � | � | 0 | � |
27 | Zares | � | � | � | � | � | 9 |
29 | Lime Tree | � | � | � | � | � | 0 |
Minority organizations(2) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 80 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | |
Sources: Richard Rose, Richard & Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies . (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.242f | |||||||
1 In 1990, seats in the Sociopolitical Chamber. | |||||||
2 Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 representative each by first-past-the-post preferential vote. |