1990 Slovenian parliamentary election

1990 Slovenian parliamentary election

8 April 1990 1992  →
All 80 seats in the Sociopolitical Chamber 40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.29% (total participants) 83.09% (cast ballots)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ciril Ribičič Jožef Školč Lojze Peterle Party ZKS-SDP ZSMS SKD Alliance DEMOS Seats won 14 12 11 Popular vote 186,928 156,843 140,403 Percentage 17.28% 14.49% 12.98%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ivan Oman France Bučar Dušan Plut Party SKZ SDZ ZS Alliance DEMOS DEMOS DEMOS Seats won 11 8 8 Popular vote 135,808 102,931 95,640 Percentage 12.55% 9.51% 8.84%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Jože Pučnik Viktor Žakelj Vitomir Gros Party SDSS SSS SOS Alliance DEMOS DEMOS Seats won 6 5 3 Popular vote 79,951 58,082 38,269 Percentage 7.39% 5.37% 3.54%
Prime Minister after election Lojze Peterle SKD

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 8 April 1990, together with the first round of presidential elections.

They were the first direct, multiparty elections held in Slovenia since World War II, and the first democratic elections held there since 1925. It was actually a transitional election leading to the country's first fully democratic election on 6 December 1992, by which time Slovenia had already gained its independence. ^[1]

80 delegates were elected to the Sociopolitical Chamber and 80 delegates to the Chamber of Communes of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.

On 12 April 1990, 80 delegates to the Chamber of Associated Labour were elected. ^[2] More than 55% of the vote for the Sociopolitical Chamber went to the DEMOS coalition, formed by newly established parties of the Slovenian Spring. The United List of Social Democrats emerged as the largest party in the Sociopolitical Chamber, winning 14 seats. ^[3]

In total 1,490,136 people had the right to vote and 1,241,212 of them (83.3%) participated, of which 1,238,189 people actually cast their ballots. ^{[4] [5]}

Results

Socio-Political Chamber

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Democratic Renewal	186,928	17.28	14
	Alliance of Socialist Youth of Slovenia	156,843	14.49	12
	Slovene Christian Democrats	140,403	12.98	11
	Slovenian Peasant Union	135,808	12.55	11
	Slovenian Democratic Union	102,931	9.51	8
	Greens of Slovenia	95,640	8.84	8
	Social Democratic Party of Slovenia	79,951	7.39	6
	Socialist Alliance of Slovenia	58,082	5.37	5
	Slovenian Crafts Entrepreneurship Party	38,269	3.54	3
	League for Citizens' Equality	26,629	2.46	0
	Civic Green List	21,583	1.99	0
	Slovenian Handicraft and Business Party	17,021	1.57	0
	New Social Movement	5,276	0.49	0
	List of Single Candidates	4,715	0.44	0
	List of Independents	4,618	0.43	0
	Alliance of Retired Societies of Maribor	4,113	0.38	0
	Democratic Alliance of Kosovo	3,240	0.30	0
Minority representatives				2
Total		1,082,050	100.00	80
Valid votes		1,128,435	91.14
Invalid/blank votes		109,754	8.86
Total votes		1,238,189	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,490,136	83.09
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, [6] Delo [4] [5]

Chamber of Associated Labour

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	DEMOS			29
	Alliance of Socialist Youth of Slovenia			9
	Party of Democratic Renewal			5
	Socialist Alliance of Slovenia			3
Businesses, Societies, Associations and Army representatives				20
Chamber of Commerce and Industry representatives				7
Trade Unions representatives				7
Total				80
Valid votes		691,898	93.88
Invalid/blank votes		45,128	6.12
Total votes		737,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		992,922	74.23
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [6]

Chamber of Communes

Party		First round		Second round		Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	DEMOS					51
	Alliance of Socialist Youth of Slovenia					16
	Party of Democratic Renewal					5
	Socialist Alliance of Slovenia					5
Local communities representative						1
Hungarian minority representative						1
Italian minority representative						1
Total						80
Valid votes		1,428,789	94.37	1,155,302	95.10
Invalid/blank votes		85,240	5.63	59,533	4.90
Total votes		1,514,029	100.00	1,214,835	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,853,908	81.67	1,602,297	75.82
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [6]

References

1. "The first multiparty elections of 1990". Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
2. "Ten Years of First Direct and Multiparty Elections in Slovenia". Government Communications Office, Republic of Slovenia. April 2000. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
3. Slovenia Parties and Elections in Europe
4. "Demos premočno vodi, od strank pa ZKP-SDS (stran 1)". Delo (in Slovenian). 12 April 1990.
5. "Po osmih dneh so znana imena 78 delegatov v družbenopolitičnem zboru (stran 3)". Delo (in Slovenian). 17 April 1990.
6. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1787–1791 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7