Parliamentary election in Slovenia 2008

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

30.5

29.3

9.4

7.5

5.4

5.2

5.2

3.4

4.1

SD

SDS

Tsares

DeSUS

SNS

SLS ^f

LDS

NSi

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2004

 % p

 25th

 20th

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

+20.3

+0.2

+9.4

+3.5

-0.9

-3.7

-17.6

-5.7

-5.5

SD

SDS

Tsares

DeSUS

SNS

SLS ^f

LDS

NSi

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^f 2004 the SLS entered separately from the SMS .

Distribution of seats

        

A total of 90 seats

• SD : 29
• Tsares : 9
• LDS : 5
• Otherwise: 2
• DeSUS : 7
• SLS : 5
• SDS : 28
• SNS : 5

The 2008 parliamentary elections in Slovenia took place on September 21, 2008. In the election, the members of the State Assembly were redefined. 1.69 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 4% threshold. The legislative period was 4 years.

Election result

The winners of the election were the Social Democrats (SD) with 30.45% and thus received 29 out of 90 seats in parliament. The Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) came in second with 29.26%. The clear loser in the election with the biggest crash was the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS).

Result of the parliamentary elections in Slovenia in 2008

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Social Democrats (SD)	320.248	30.45	+20.28	29	+19
	Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)	307.735	29.26	+0.18	28	−1
	Indeed - new politics (Zares)	98,526	9.37	New	9	New
	Democratic Pensioners Party of Slovenia (DeSUS)	78,353	7.45	+3.41	7th	+3
	Slovenian National Party (SNS)	56,832	5.40	−0.87	5	−1
	Slovenian People's Party (SLS) - Youth Party (SMS)	54,809	5.21	−1.61	5	−2
	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS)	54,771	5.21	−17.59	5	−18
	New Slovenia (NSi)	35,774	3.40	−5.69	-	−9
	Linden tree	19,068	1.81	New	-	New
	Justice and Recovery List (LPR)	5,897	0.56	New	-	New
	Green Slovenia (ZS)	5,367	0.51	−0.18	-	-
	Christian Democratic Party (KDS)	4,724	0.45	New	-	New
	List for clean drinking water (LZČPV)	4.140	0.39	New	-	New
	Slovenian Citizens Party (SSN)	2,629	0.25	−0.02	-	-
	Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress	2,230	0.21	New	-	New
	Forward Slovenia (NPR)	475	0.05	−0.05	-	-
	acacia	249	0.02	New	-	New
	Minorities	-	-	-	2	-
total		1,051,827	100.00		90
Valid votes		1,051,827	98.25	+0.52
Invalid votes		18,696	1.75	−0.52
voter turnout		1,070,523	63.10	+2.45
Non-voters		625.914	36.90	−2.45
Eligible voters		1,696,437
Source: National Electoral Commission

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Election in Slovenia 2008  - 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 parliamentary election 2008 National Electoral Commission (Slovenian, English)