Presidential election in Slovenia 1997

Standard of the President

Election winner Milan Kučan (independent)

The 1997 presidential election in Slovenia took place on December 23, 1997. The winner of the election was the non-party candidate Milan Kučan .

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. 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. The candidate who received the absolute majority of the votes was considered elected.

Candidates

A total of eight candidates ran for election. The previous incumbent Milan Kučan ( non-party ) ran again for a second term. Other candidates were Marjan Poljšak ( NSD ), Jožef Bernik ( SDSS - SKD ), Marjan Cerar ( independent ), Anton Peršak ( DS ), Bogomir Kovač ( LDS ), Janez Podobnik ( SLS ), Marjan Poljšak ( NSD ) and Franc Miklavčič ( KSU ).

Election result

The winner of the election with more than 50 percent of the vote was the previous incumbent Milan Kučan. Since he had thus received an absolute majority of the votes, a second ballot was no longer necessary.

Result of the 1997 presidential election

candidate		Political party	be right	%
	Milan Kučan	independent	575.169	55.57
	Janez Podobnik	SLS	190,647	18.42
	Jožef Bernik	SDSS - SKD	97.221	9.39
	Marjan Cerar	independent	73.127	7.07
	Marjan Poljšak	NSD	33,322	3.22
	Anton Peršak	DS	31,903	3.08
	Bogomir Kovač	LDS	27,992	2.70
	Franc Miklavčič	KSU	5,667	0.55
total			1,035,048	100.00
Valid votes			1,035,048	97.95
Invalid votes			21,616	2.05
voter turnout			1,056,664	68.29
Eligible voters			1,549,226	100.00
Source: National Electoral Commission

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. ^ Constitution of Slovenia of December 23, 1991, Article 103
2. ^ Official result of the 1997 presidential election National Electoral Commission (Slovenian)