Presidential election in Slovenia 1992

Standard of the President

Election winner Milan Kučan (independent)

The 1992 presidential election in Slovenia took place on December 6, 1992. It was the first free direct election of a head of state since the proclamation of independence in 1991 and the end of the war of independence . The winner of the election was the previous incumbent Milan Kučan (non-party).

Electoral system

The president was elected by the people in direct and secret ballot for a term of five years. A subsequent re-election was possible once. To be able to participate in the election, a candidate had to be a Slovenian citizen. The election was announced by the President of the State Assembly and had to take place no later than 15 days before the expiry of the previous President's term of office. The candidate who received the absolute majority of the votes was considered elected. Should none of the candidates achieve an absolute majority of the votes, a run-off vote had to take place between the two candidates who received the most votes.

Should the president's regular term of office expire during a state of war or emergency, his office did not end until six months after the state of war or emergency ended.

Candidates

A total of eight candidates ran for election. The previous incumbent Milan Kučan ( non-party ) ran again for the office of president and would only take up the first of two possible terms of office under the 1991 constitution if he won the election. Other candidates were France Tomšič ( SDSS ), Darja Bebler ( SSS ), Jeljko Kacin ( DS ), Stanko Busar ( SLS ), Ljubo Sirc ( LDS ), Alenka Slana ( NDS ) and Ivo Bizjak ( SKD ).

Election result

Milan Kučan received more than 60 percent of the votes in the first ballot and thus received an absolute majority of the votes. So he had clearly won the election and no second ballot was necessary.

Result of the presidential election in 1992

candidate		Political party	be right	%
	Milan Kučan	independent	795.012	63.93
	Ivo Bizjak	SKD	262,847	21.14
	Jeljko Kacin	DS	90.711	7.29
	Stanko Busar	SLS	24.051	1.93
	Darja Bebler	SSS	22,691	1.82
	Alenka Slana	NDS	21,603	1.74
	Ljubo Sirc	LDS	18,774	1.51
	France Tomšič	SDSS	7,849	0.63
total			1,243,538	100.00
Valid votes			1,243,538	97.20
Invalid votes			35,817	2.80
voter turnout			1,279,355	85.78
Eligible voters			1,491,374	100.00
Source: European Election Database

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)
• German language version of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia Verassungen.eu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official result of the presidential election 1992 European Election Database (English)