Presidential election in Slovenia 1990

Election winner Milan Kučan (independent)

The 1990 presidential election in Slovenia took place on April 8-22, 1990. The winner of the election in the second ballot was Milan Kučan ( non-party ). It was the first free direct election of a President of the Republic of Slovenia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .

Candidates

A total of four candidates stood for election: Marko Demšar ( LDS ), Jože Pučnik ( DEMOS - SDZS ), Milan Kučan ( SDP ) and Ivan Kramberger .

Election result

In the first ballot, Milan Kučan got the most votes with around 44 percent, but missed an absolute majority, which made a second ballot necessary. Jože Pučnik landed in second place with around 27 percent, making it into the runoff election with Milan Kučan.

In the second round of voting on April 22, 1990, Milan Kučan won the election with a clear lead of around 58 percent over Jože Pučnik.

Result of the presidential election in Slovenia in 1990

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Milan Kučan	SDP	538.278	44.4	657.196	58.6
	Jože Pučnik	DEMOS - SDZS	322.706	26.6	464.435	41.4
	Ivan Kramberger		224.162	18.5
	Marko Demšar	LDS	126,424	10.4
total			1,211,570	100.0	1,121,631	100.0
Valid votes			1,211,570	97.9	1,121,631	98.0
Invalid votes			25,975	2.1	23,354	2.0
voter turnout			1,237,545	83.0	1,144,985	76.9
Eligible voters			1,490,136	100.0	1,489,822	100.0
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See also

• Elections in Slovenia
• Political system of Slovenia

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Studia Historica Slovenica 2007 shs.zgodovinsko-drustvo-kovacic.si , PDF document (Slovenian)