Presidential election in Slovenia 2002

Standard of the President

Election winner Janez Drnovšek (LDS)

The presidential elections in Slovenia in 2002 took place on November 10th and December 1st, 2002. The winner of the second round of voting was Janez Drnovšek ( LDS ).

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 nine candidates stood for election: Lev Kreft ( ZLSD ), Janez Drnovšek ( LDS ), France Arhar ( SLS ), Barbara Brezigar ( independent ), Zmago Jelinčič ( SNS ), France Bučar ( independent ), Anton Bebler ( DeSUS ), Jure Jurček Cekuta ( independent ) and Gorazd Drevenšek .

The previous incumbent Milan Kučan ( ZLSD ) was no longer allowed to run for election.

Election result

In the first ballot Janez Drnovšek got the most votes with around 44 percent, but missed the absolute majority, which made a second ballot necessary. Barbara Brezigar landed in second place with around 31 percent, making it into the runoff election with Janez Drnovšek.

In the second round of voting on December 1, 2002, Janez Drnovšek won the election with a clear lead of around 57 percent over Barbara Brezigar.

Result of the presidential election in Slovenia in 2002

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Janez Drnovšek	LDS	508.014	44.39	586,847	56.52
	Barbara Brezigar	independent	352,520	30.80	451.372	43.48
	Zmago Jelinčič	SNS	97.178	8.49
	France Arhar	SLS	86,836	7.59
	France Bučar	independent	37,069	3.24
	Lev Kreft	ZLSD	25,715	2.25
	Anton Bebler	DeSUS	21,165	1.85
	Gorazd Drevenšek		9,791	0.86
	Jure Jurček Cekuta	independent	6,184	0.54
total			1,144,472	100.00	1,038,219	100.00
Valid votes			1,144,472	98.64	1,038,219	98.62
Invalid votes			15,837	1.36	14,576	1.38
voter turnout			1,160,309	72.07	1,052,795	65.39
Eligible voters			1,609,985	100.00	1,610,137	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. ↑ Official result of the presidential election 2002 National Electoral Commission (Slovenian)