Elections in Slovenia
Elections in Slovenia gives an overview of the results of the elections and referendums in Slovenia .
See also: Political system of Slovenia (there, inter alia, explanations of the parties )
Presidential election
If no candidate receives an absolute majority of the votes in the first ballot, the two best-placed candidates go into a second ballot. The term of office is 5 years.
The indication of a party does not necessarily mean that the candidate is a member of the party, but can also mean the nomination for the election or support in the election campaign by the party.
1990 presidential election
On April 8 and 22, 1990, the President of the Republic of Slovenia was directly elected within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (corresponding to a German Prime Minister and an Austrian Governor) for the first time. With the independence of Slovenia on June 25, 1991, the previous President of the Republic became the new President of Slovenia.
1st ballot (April 8, 1990):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Milan Kučan | United List of Social Democrats | 44.4% |
| Jože Pučnik | DEMOS / Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 26.2% |
| Ivan Kramberger | - | 18.9% |
| Marko Demšar | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 10.5% |
2nd ballot (April 22, 1990):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Milan Kučan | United List of Social Democrats | 58.4% |
| Jože Pučnik | DEMOS / Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 41.6% |
1992 presidential election
The election took place on December 6, 1992 at the same time as the parliamentary elections:
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Milan Kučan | United List of Social Democrats | 63.8% |
| Ivo Bizjak | Slovenski krščanski Demokratie | 18.4% |
| Jeljko Kacin | Democratic Party | 7.2% |
| Stanko Busar | Slovenian People's Party | 1.9% |
| Darja Bebler | Socialistična stranka Slovenije | 1.8% |
| Alenka Slana | Narodno demokratska stranka | 1.7% |
| Ljubo Sirc | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 1.4% |
| France Tomšič | Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 0.6% |
Since Milan Kučan achieved an absolute majority, no second ballot was necessary.
1997 presidential election
1st ballot:
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Milan Kučan | United List of Social Democrats | 55.6% |
| Janez Podobnik | Slovenian People's Party | 18.4% |
| Jožef Bernik | - | 9.4% |
| Marjan Cerar | - | 7.1% |
| Marjan Poljšak | - | 3.2% |
| Anton Peršak | - | 3.1% |
| Bogomir Kovač | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 2.7% |
| Franc Miklavčič | Krščansko socialna unija | 0.5% |
Since Milan Kučan achieved an absolute majority, no second ballot was necessary.
2002 presidential election
1st ballot (November 10, 2002):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Janez Drnovšek | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 44.4% |
| Barbara Brezigar | Independent, supported by several conservative parties | 30.8% |
| Zmago Jelinčič | Slovenian National Party | 8.5% |
| France Arhar | Slovenian People's Party | 7.6% |
| France Bučar | independent | 3.2% |
| Lev Kreft | Socialni Demokratie | 2.3% |
| Anton Bebler | Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 1.9% |
| Gorazd Drevenšek | Nova stranka | 0.9% |
| Jure Jurček Cekuta | independent | 0.5% |
2nd ballot (December 1, 2002):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Janez Drnovšek | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 56.5% |
| Barbara Brezigar | Independent, supported by several conservative parties | 43.5% |
2007 presidential election
1st ballot (October 21, 2007):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Lojze Peterle | New Slovenia | 28.7% |
| Danilo Turk | Socialni Demokratie | 24.5% |
| Mitja Gaspari | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 24.1% |
| Zmago Jelinčič | Slovenian National Party | 19.2% |
| Darko Krajnc | Stranka mladih Slovenije | 2.2% |
| Elena Pečarič | - | 0.9% |
| Monika Piberl | - | 0.5% |
2nd ballot (November 11, 2007):
| candidate | Political party | Share of votes |
| Danilo Turk | Socialni Demokratie | 68.0% |
| Lojze Peterle | New Slovenia | 32.0% |
2012 presidential election
1st ballot (November 11, 2012):
| candidate | Political party | be right | Share of votes |
| Borut Pahor | Socialni Demokratie | 325.406 | 39.9% |
| Danilo Turk | - | 292,547 | 35.9% |
| Milan Zver | Slovenian Democratic Party | 197,042 | 24.2% |
2nd ballot (December 2, 2012):
| candidate | Political party | be right | Share of votes |
| Borut Pahor | Socialni Demokratie | 474.309 | 67.4% |
| Danilo Turk | - | 228.980 | 32.6% |
2017 presidential election
1st ballot (October 22, 2017):
| candidate | Political party | be right | Share of votes |
| Borut Pahor | Socialni Demokratie | 348,938 | 47.1% |
| Marjan Šarec | independently | 185.042 | 25.0% |
| Romana Tomc | Slovenian Democratic Party | 101,845 | 13.7% |
| Lyudmila Novak | New Slovenia | 53,049 | 7.2% |
Parliamentary elections
The Slovenian Parliament has 90 seats. Regardless of the outcome of the election, one representative each of the Italian and Hungarian minorities ( Narodne skupnosti in Slovenian ) are represented in parliament.
Parliamentary election 1990
The first elections to the Slovenian parliament took place in April 1990. The parliament elected in this way continued to exist after independence until the December 1992 election.
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| United List of Social Democrats | 17.3% | 14th |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 14.5% | 12 |
| Slovenski krščanski Demokratie | 13.0% | 11 |
| Slovenian People's Party | 12.6% | 11 |
| DSS = Democratic Party of Slovenia | 9.5% | 8th |
| Green party | 8.9% | 8th |
| Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 7.4% | 6th |
| Socialistična stranka Slovenije | 5.4% | 5 |
| Liberalna stranka | 3.5% | 3 |
Parliamentary election 1992
The parliamentary election on December 6, 1992, with a turnout of 85.6%, brought the following result:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 23.5% | 22nd |
| Slovenski krščanski Demokratie | 14.5% | 15th |
| United List of Social Democrats | 13.6% | 14th |
| Slovenian National Party | 10.0% | 12 |
| Slovenian People's Party | 8.7% | 10 |
| Democratic Party | 5.0% | 6th |
| Green party | 3.7% | 5 |
| Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 3.3% | 4th |
| other (25 other parties) | 17.7% | 0 |
General election 1996
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 27.0% | 25th |
| Slovenian People's Party | 19.4% | 19th |
| Slovenian Social Democratic Party | 16.1% | 16 |
| Slovenski krščanski Demokratie | 9.6% | 10 |
| United List of Social Democrats | 9.0% | 9 |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia (DeSUS) | 4.3% | 5 |
| Slovenian National Party | 3.2% | 4th |
| other (15 other parties) | 6.9% | 0 |
General election 2000
The parliamentary election on October 15, 2000, with a turnout of 70.1%, brought the following result:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 36.3% | 34 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 15.8% | 14th |
| United List of Social Democrats | 12.1% | 11 |
| SLS + SKD | 9.5% | 9 |
| New Slovenia | 8.7% | 8th |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 5.2% | 4th |
| Slovenian National Party | 4.4% | 4th |
| Stranka mladih Slovenije | 4.3% | 4th |
2004 general election
The parliamentary election on October 3, 2004, with a turnout of 60.6%, brought the following result:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 29.1% | 29 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 22.8% | 23 |
| United List of Social Democrats | 10.2% | 10 |
| New Slovenia | 9.1% | 9 |
| Slovenian People's Party | 6.8% | 7th |
| Slovenian National Party | 6.3% | 6th |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 4.0% | 4th |
General election 2008
The parliamentary election on September 21st brought the following result:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Socialni Demokratie | 30.5% | 29 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 29.3% | 28 |
| Zares (social liberals) | 9.4% | 9 |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 7.5% | 7th |
| Slovenian National Party | 5.4% | 5 |
| Slovenian People's Party and Stranka mladih Slovenije (Slovenian Youth Party) | 5.2% | 5 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 5.2% | 5 |
1,070,523 of the 1,696,437 eligible voters cast their votes. The turnout was 63.1%.
Parliamentary election 2011
After Parliament expressed its mistrust in Prime Minister Borut Pahor on September 20, 2011, President Danilo Türk set December 4, 2011 as the date for early elections.
The preliminary final result is:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| List Zoran Janković - Positive Slovenia | 28.5% | 28 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 26.2% | 26th |
| Socialni Demokratie | 10.5% | 10 |
| Citizen List Gregor Virant | 8.4% | 8th |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 7.0% | 6th |
| Slovenian People's Party | 6.9% | 6th |
| New Slovenia | 4.8% | 4th |
The turnout was around 65%.
General election 2014
After the resignation of Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek , an early parliamentary election took place on July 13, 2014.
General election 2018
The parliamentary elections on June 3, 2018 brought the following result with a turnout of 52.63%:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 24.92% | 25th |
| List Marjan Šarec | 12.60% | 13 |
| Social democrats | 9.93% | 10 |
| Party of the modern center | 9.75% | 10 |
| United Left | 9.33% | 9 |
| New Slovenia | 7.16% | 7th |
| Alenka Bratušek's party | 5.11% | 5 |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 4.93% | 5 |
| Slovenian National Party | 4.17% | 4th |
| Slovenian People's Party | 2.62% | 0 |
| Others | 10.54% | 0 |
| Minorities | - | 2 |
European elections
Slovenia has been part of the European Union since May 1, 2004 . In the European Parliament Slovenia has 7 of the current 785 seats, so Slovenia is slightly over-represented in terms of population.
2004 European elections
In the European elections on June 13, 2004, the turnout was just 28.4%.
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| New Slovenia | 23.6% | 2 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 21.9% | 2 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 17.7% | 2 |
| Socialni Demokratie | 14.2% | 1 |
| Slovenian People's Party | 8.4% | 0 |
| Slovenian National Party | 5.0% | 0 |
| Slovenija je naša | 4.1% | 0 |
| other (6 other parties) | 5.2% | 0 |
The 7 MPs were:
In the European People's Party :
- Ljudmila Novak ( New Slovenia )
- Lojze Peterle ( New Slovenia )
- Mihael Brejc ( Slovenian Democratic Party )
- Romana Jordan Cizelj ( Slovenian Democratic Party )
In the Party of European Socialists :
- Borut Pahor ( Socialni Demokratie ) - resigned on October 21, 2008; Successor: Aurelio Juri
In the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe :
European elections 2009
The following result was published for the 2009 European elections on June 7, 2009:
| Political party | Percentage points | Seats |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 26.7% | 2 |
| Socialni Demokratie | 18.4% | 2 |
| New Slovenia | 16.6% | 1 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 11.5% | 1 |
| Tsares | 9.8% | 1 |
| Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia | 7.2% | 0 |
| Slovenian People's Party | 3.6% | 0 |
| Slovenian National Party | 2.9% | 0 |
| other (4 other parties) | 3.5% | 0 |
The turnout was 28.0%.
The 7 MPs are:
In the Group of the European People's Party (EPP):
- Romana Jordan Cizelj ( Slovenian Democratic Party )
- Milan Zver ( Slovenian Democratic Party )
- Lojze Peterle ( New Slovenia )
In the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D):
- Tanja Fajon ( Socialni Demokratie )
- Zoran Thaler ( Socialni Demokrati ) - resigned on March 21, 2011; Successor: Mojca Kleva
In the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE):
European elections 2014
Local elections
Local elections take place every 4 years, there are two ballots each.
The local elections on October 22nd and November 12th 2006 brought among other things a surprisingly high victory for the non-party Zoran Janković in the mayoral election in Ljubljana, where his electoral association was also the strongest force in the city parliament.
The local elections on October 10th and 24th 2010 brought an increase in votes for non-party candidates. The election of the Social Democrat Peter Bossman as mayor of Piran received international attention ; The doctor from Ghana is the first dark-skinned mayor of Slovenia.
In 2014 the local elections will take place on October 5th and 19th.
Referendums
1990 independence referendum
On December 23, 1990, the Republic of Slovenia, which is part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, held a referendum on independence as a separate state. 88.5% of the voters voted "yes".
2003 EU and NATO referendum
On March 23, 2003, a referendum took place on Slovenia's accession to the European Union and NATO . With a turnout of 60.4%, yes-votes outweighed both questions:
Accession to the European Union: yes 89.6%, no 10.4%
Accession to NATO: Yes 66.1%, No 33.9%
2011 referendum on pension reform
On June 5, 2011, a referendum took place on the pension reform planned by the government, which provided for an increase in the statutory retirement age from 61 years (women) and 63 years (men) to a uniform 65 years. With a turnout of around 40%, around 72% rejected this project.
2015 referendum on same-sex marriage
On December 20, 2015, a referendum was held on same-sex marriage .
literature
- Igor Lukšič , The Political System of Slovenia , in: The Political Systems of Eastern Europe , ed. v. Wolfgang Ismayr , 2nd edition 2004, ISBN 3-8252-8186-8 , pp. 637–675 (on the presidential elections 1990–2002 p. 643f, on the parliamentary elections 1990–2000 p. 648f, on the electoral system p. 656– 659)
Web links
- volitve.gov.si (Elections page on the Slovenian government website)
- Page on Elections in Slovenia
- A brief overview of the parliamentary elections up to 2004 on the homepage of the Slovenian government spokesman
Footnotes
- ^ Result: Archive of the Present , year 1990, p. 34454; Lukšič (see above)
- ^ Result: Archive of the Present , year 1990, p. 34454
- ↑ Archive of the Present, 1992, p. 37400
- ↑ Result: http://volitve.gov.si/vp1997/rez_sl.htm ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) , candidates: http://volitve.gov.si/vp1997/preds97/kandidati.html ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Result: [1] , candidates: http://www.volitve.gov.si/vp2002/V1_seznam_kandidatov.html ( Memento from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Result: http://volitve.gov.si/vp2007/ ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) . See also in the Slovenian Wikipedia sl: Volitve predsednika Republike Slovenije 2007
- ↑ http://volitve.gov.si/vp2007/ ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Result: Official results ( Memento from December 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on December 2, 2012)
- ↑ Counting status 99.99% December 2, 2012 9:50 pm ( Memento from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Result: [2] (accessed on October 23, 2017)
- ^ Result: Archive of the Present , year 1990, p. 34454, see also [3]
- ↑ Result: [4]
- ↑ Result: - ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Result: - ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Result: - ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Result: - ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/vorgeierter-parlamentswahlen-am-4-dezember/4669314.html
- ↑ Result: - ( Memento of the original dated December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Result: - ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Report in From Politics and Contemporary History , issue 46/2006: [5]
- ↑ Election result ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Distribution of seats
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homepages of the MPs: [6]
- ↑ Results ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , http://www.news.at/articles/0642/15/154647/polit-erdbeben-kommunalwahlen-slowenien-unabhaengige-triumphe
- ↑ Results ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/25/peter-bossman-first-black-major-eastern-europe-slovenia
- ↑ Local elections: parties voted out. In: derStandard.at. October 11, 2010, accessed December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. Archive of the Present , year 1990, p. 35189
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ Prime Minister Pahor is thinking of new elections after losing the referendum. In: derStandard.at. June 6, 2011, accessed December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/slowenien-referendum-ueber-gleichgeschlechtliche-ehe.1818.de.html?dram:article_id=340390
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