Presidential election in Slovenia 2012

Standard of the President

Election winner Borut Pahor (SD)

The 2012 presidential election in Slovenia took place on November 11th and December 2nd, 2012. The winner of the election in the second ballot was Borut Pahor ( SD ).

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 three candidates ran for election. The incumbent incumbent at the time, Danilo Türk , applied for a second term. In addition to Turk, Borut Pahor from the Social Democrats and Milan Zver from the conservative party SDS were running .

Election result

In the first ballot, Borut Pahor was able to get the most votes by a clear margin, but he missed an absolute majority, making a runoff election necessary. Danilo Türk landed in second place and, far behind, in third and last place Milan Zver.

In the second round of voting on December 2, 2012, Borut Pahor won the election by a large margin over Danilo Türk.

Result of the presidential election in Slovenia 2012

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Borut Pahor	SD	326.006	39.87	478,859	67.37
	Danilo Turk	independent	293,429	35.88	231,971	32.63
	Milan Zver	SDS	198,337	24.25
total			817.772	100.00	710.830	100.00
Valid votes			817.772	98.69	710.830	97.95
Invalid votes			10,852	1.31	14,870	2.05
voter turnout			828.624	48.41	725,700	42.40
Eligible voters			1,711,768	100.00	1,711,461	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 2012 presidential election National Electoral Commission (Slovenian, English)