At a national level, Slovenia elects a head of state (a president) and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people using the Run-Off system. The National Assembly (Državni zbor), Slovenia's parliament, has 90 members each elected for four-year terms. All but two of these are elected using the D'Hondt Method of list proportional representation. The remaining two members are elected by the Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities using the Borda count. Slovenia's multi-party system means that any one party is unlikely to gain power alone. Coalition governments must therefore be negotiated and formed. [edit] Latest elections [edit] 2008 Parliamentary election e • d Summary of the 21 September 2008 Slovenian National Assembly election results | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | | Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) | 320,248 | 30.45 | 29 | | Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) | 307,735 | 29.26 | 28 | | Zares – new politics (Zares – nova politika) | 98,526 | 9.37 | 9 | | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) | 78,353 | 7.45 | 7 | | Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) | 56,832 | 5.40 | 5 | | Slovenian People's Party and Youth Party of Slovenia (Slovenska ljudska stranka in Stranka mladih Slovenije, SLS+SMS) | 54,809 | 5.21 | 5 | | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) | 54,771 | 5.21 | 5 | | New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) | 35,774 | 3.40 | — | | The Linden (Lipa) | 19,068 | 1.81 | — | | List for Justice and Development (Lista za pravičnost in razvoj, LPR) | 5,897 | 0.56 | — | | Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) | 5,366 | 0.51 | — | | Christian Democratic Party (Krščanska demokratska stranka, KDS) | 4,724 | 0.45 | — | | List for Clear Drinking Water (Lista za čisto pitno vodo, LZČPV) | 4,140 | 0.39 | — | | Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) | 2,629 | 0.25 | — | | Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress (Zelena koalicija: Zelena stranke in zeleni progres, ZP) | 2,230 | 0.21 | — | | Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) | 475 | 0.05 | — | | Acacias (Akacije) | 249 | 0.02 | — | | Hungarian and Italian national communities | — | — | 2 | | Valid votes | 1,051,827 | 100.00 | 90 | | Total votes (turnout 63.10%) | 1,056,593 | | | | Eligible voters | | | | Source: volitve.gov.si | [edit] 2007 Presidential election e • d Summary of the 21 October and 11 November 2007 Slovenian presidential election results | Candidate and nominating party | 1st round | 2nd round | | Votes | % | Votes | % | | Lojze Peterle (independent, supported by New Slovenia, the Slovenian Democratic Party and the Slovenian People's Party) | 283,412 | 28.73 | 318,288 | 31.97 | | Danilo Türk (independent, supported by the Social Democrats, the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, Zares and Active Slovenia) | 241,349 | 24.47 | 677,333 | 68.03 | | Mitja Gaspari (independent, supported by the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia) | 237,632 | 24.09 | | | Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti (Slovenian National Party) | 188,951 | 19.16 | | Darko Krajnc (Youth Party of Slovenia) | 21,526 | 2.18 | | Elena Pečarič (independent, supported by the Akacije party) | 8,830 | 0.89 | | Monika Piberl (Women's Voice of Slovenia) | 4,729 | 0.48 | | Valid | 986,429 | 100.0 | 995,621 | 100.0 | | Invalid | 5,279 | 0.53% | 9,738 | 0.97% | | Total | 991,708 | | 1,005,359 | | Source: Ministry of Public Administration | [edit] Past elections and referendums [edit] See also [edit] External links |
