Parliamentary election in Slovenia 2004

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

29.1

22.8

10.2

9.1

6.8

6.3

4.0

3.0

8.7

SDS

LDS

ZLSD

NSi

SLS

SNS

DeSUS

AS

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2000

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

+13.3

-13.5

-1.9

+0.5

-2.8

+1.9

-1.2

+3.0

+0.7

SDS

LDS

ZLSD

NSi

SLS

SNS

DeSUS

AS

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 90 seats

• ZLSD : 10
• LDS : 23
• Otherwise: 2
• DeSUS : 4
• NSi : 9
• SLS : 7
• SDS : 29
• SNS : 6

The 2004 parliamentary elections in Slovenia took place on October 3, 2004. In the election, the members of the State Assembly were redefined. 1.63 million eligible voters were able to decide on 88 of the 90 seats in parliament. Two seats were reserved for representatives of the Hungarian and Italian minorities.

Electoral system

The State Assembly was elected using proportional representation. There was a four percent threshold. The regular legislative period was four years.

Election result

The Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) won the election with 29.08%, making it the strongest party. The Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS), previously the strongest force, was still the second strongest party with 22.80%. She suffered the greatest losses in the election.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Slovenia in 2004

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)	281.710	29.08	+13.26	29	+15
	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)	220,848	22.80	−13.46	23	−11
	United List of Social Democrats (ZLSD)	98,527	10.17	−1.91	10	−1
	New Slovenia (NSi)	88,073	9.09	+0.45	9	+1
	Slovenian People's Party (SLS)	66.032	6.82	−2.73	7th	−2
	Slovenian National Party (SNS)	60,750	6.27	+1.89	6th	+2
	Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia (DeSUS)	39,150	4.04	−1.12	4th	± 0
	Active Slovenia (AS)	28,767	2.97	New	-	New
	Our Slovenia (SJN)	25,343	2.62	New	-	New
	Slovenian Youth Party (SMS)	20.174	2.08	−2.26	-	−4
	June List (JL)	8,733	0.90	New	-	New
	Green Slovenia (ZS)	6.703	0.69	−0.21	-	-
	For enterprising Slovenia (ZPS)	5,435	0.56	New	-	New
	Women's voice of Slovenia (GŽS)	5,229	0.54	New	-	New
	Party of the Ecological Movement of Slovenia (SEG)	3,991	0.41	New	-	New
	Democratic Party of Slovenia (DS)	2,670	0.28	−0.47	-	-
	Slovenian Citizens Party (SSN)	2,574	0.27	New	-	New
	Association for a Fair, Independent Slovenia (ZDRUŽENI)	1,496	0.15	New	-	New
	Next Slovenia (NPS)	995	0.10	−0.21	-	-
	Social Liberal Party (LS)	713	0.07	New	-	New
	Independent	859	0.08	−0.15	-	-
	Minorities	-	-	-	2	-
total		968.772	100.00		90
Valid votes		968.772	97.73	+1.04
Invalid votes		22,491	2.27	−1.04
voter turnout		991.263	60.65	−9.49
Non-voters		643.139	39.35	+9.49
Eligible voters		1,634,402
Source: National Electoral Commission

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Election in Slovenia 2004  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the National Electoral Commission (Slovenian, English, Italian, Hungarian)
• Official website of the State Assembly (Slovenian, English)

See also

• Elections in Slovenia
• Political system of Slovenia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the 2004 parliamentary elections National Electoral Commission (Slovenian, English)