Presidential election in Slovenia 2007

Standard of the President

Election winner Danilo Türk (independent)

The 2007 presidential election in Slovenia took place on October 21 and November 11, 2007. The winner of the election in the second ballot was the non-party candidate Danilo Türk .

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 seven candidates ran for election, including four non-party and three with party membership. Zmago Jelinčič ( SNS ), Darko Krajnc ( SMS ) and Monika Piberl ( GŽS ) were the candidates with party affiliation. The non-party candidates were Danilo Danilo Türk (supported by SD , DeSUS and Active Slovenia ), Lojze Peterle (supported by NSi , SDS and SLS ), Mitja Gaspari (supported by LDS ) and Elena Pečarič (supported by Akacije ).

Election result

In the first ballot, Lojze Peterle got the most votes with around 29 percent, but missed an absolute majority, which made a second ballot necessary. Danilo Türk landed in second place with around 24 percent, making it into the runoff election with Lojze Peterle.

In the second round of voting on November 11, 2007, Danilo Türk won the election with a large lead of around 68 percent over Lojze Peterle.

Result of the presidential election in Slovenia 2007

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Lojze Peterle	independent	283,412	28.73	318.288	31.97
	Danilo Turk	independent	241,349	24.47	677.333	68.03
	Mitja Gaspari	independent	237.632	24.09
	Zmago Jelinčič	SNS	188,951	19.16
	Darko Krajnc	SMS	21,526	2.18
	Elena Pečarič	independent	8,830	0.90
	Monika Piberl	GŽS	4,729	0.48
total			986.429	100.00	995.621	100.00
Valid votes			986.429	99.47	995.621	99.03
Invalid votes			5,279	0.53	9,738	0.97
voter turnout			991.708	57.67	1.005.359	58.46
Eligible voters			1,720,481	100.00	1,720,174	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 2007 National Electoral Commission (Slovenian, English)