Presidential election in Slovenia 2017

Borut Pahor, incumbent president and election winner

The presidential election in Slovenia 2017 took place on October 22, 2017 and November 12, 2017. 43.5 percent of those eligible to vote took part. Incumbent Borut Pahor , who was the favorite in the election, missed the necessary absolute majority in the first ballot with 47.1% of the votes ; the second placed Marjan Šarec received 25% of the vote. In the second ballot, Pahor received 53.1% of the vote. His rival candidate Šarec got 46.9%. The turnout was a record low of 42.1%.

Candidates

The incumbent President Pahor, elected to the Social Democrats in 2012 , ran as an independent candidate. The strongest challenger was Marjan Šarec , an actor and, as an independent politician, mayor of Kamnik . Candidates for the parliamentary opposition were Ljudmila Novak , leader of the Christian Democratic party New Slovenia , and Romana Tomc , European parliamentarian of the Slovenian Democratic Party . Education Minister Maja Makovec Brenčič stood for the liberal SMC , which provides the Prime Minister . Zmago Jelinčič , chairman of the nationalist SNS , also ran (as in the last two elections).

status

In Slovenia the President has largely representative tasks; he has no executive power. He proposes the Prime Minister. In addition, his opinion on important issues has a certain political weight.

Electoral system

The president is elected by the people in direct and secret ballot for a term of five years. A subsequent re-election is possible once. To be able to participate in the election, a candidate must be a Slovenian citizen. The election is advertised by the President of the State Assembly and must take place no later than 15 days before the expiry of the previous President's term of office. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of the votes is considered elected. If none of the candidates achieve an absolute majority of the votes, a run-off election must take place between the two candidates who received the most votes. This must take place within 21 days of the first ballot.

Results

Majorities in the first and second ballot

Result of the first and second ballot

candidate	Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
		be right	percent	be right	percent
Borut Pahor	(Independent candidate)	355.117	47.21	378.307	53.09
Marjan Šarec	Lista Marjana Šarca (LMŠ)	186,235	24.76	334.239	46.91
Romana Tomc	Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS)	102,925	13.68
Lyudmila Novak	New Slovenia (NSi)	54,437	7.24
Andrej Šiško	Gibanje zedinjena Slovenija (ZSi)	16,636	2.21
Boris Popovič	Slovenija za vedno (SZV)	13,559	1.80
Maja Makovec Brenčič	Modern Center Party (SMC)	13,052	1.74
Suzana Lara Krause	Slovenska ljudska stranka (SLS)	5,885	0.78
Angelca Likovič	Glass za otroke in družine (GOD)	4,418	0.59
total		752.264	100.00	706.243	100.00
Valid ballot papers		752.264	99.26	712,546	98.22
Invalid ballot		5,634	0.74	9,255	1.28
Eligible voters / participation		1,713,762	44.22	1,713,473	42.13
Source: Državna volilna komisija (National Electoral Commission)

See also

• History of Slovenia
• Elections in Slovenia
• Political system of Slovenia

Footnotes

1. ^ Slovenia: President Pahor has to go to the runoff. In: Kurier , October 22, 2017.
2. ↑ Izidi glasovanja. Retrieved November 13, 2017 (Slovenian). 
3. ↑ Ivan Puc: Ekskluzivni intervju: Na volitve grem kot neodvisni kandidat! In: reporter.si , June 18, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017
4. ↑ Je Pahor že dobil specifically nega tekmeca? Novakova ga ne ogroža. In: slovenskenovice.si , August 28, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017
5. ↑ Ljudmila Novak bo kandidirala za države predsednico. In: rtvslo.si , August 4, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017
6. ↑ Slovenia: President Pahor probably has to go to the runoff election , Die Zeit October 22, 2017,
7. ↑ Borut Pahor: Slovenia elects new president , Die Zeit October 22, 2017
8. ↑ Predsedniške volitve bodo 22nd octobra. In: rtvslo.si , August 11, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017
9. ↑ Volitve predsednika Republike Slovenije 2017. In: volitve.gov.si. October 24, 2017, accessed October 24, 2017 (Slovenian).