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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 10 November 1996. [1] The result was a victory for Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which won 25 of the 90 seats. Party leader Janez Drnovsek was re-elected Prime Minister by the Parliament on 9 January 1997.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 288,783 | 27.01 | 25 | +3 | |
| Slovenian People's Party | 207,186 | 19.38 | 19 | +9 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Slovenia | 172,470 | 16.13 | 16 | +12 | |
| Slovene Christian Democrats | 102,852 | 9.62 | 10 | –5 | |
| United List of Social Democrats | 96,597 | 9.03 | 9 | –5 | |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia | 46,152 | 4.32 | 5 | New | |
| Slovenian National Party | 34,422 | 3.22 | 4 | –8 | |
| Democratic Party of Slovenia | 28,624 | 2.68 | 0 | –6 | |
| Greens of Slovenia | 18,853 | 1.76 | 0 | –5 | |
| Slovenian Craftsmen and Entrepreneurial Party–Centrum Party | 12,335 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Slovenian Forum | 11,383 | 1.06 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Party | 7,972 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Labour Party | 5,827 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |
| Green Alternative of Slovenia | 5,602 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Association of Slovenia | 5,071 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Slovenia | 5,027 | 0.47 | 0 | New | |
| Christian Social Union | 4,767 | 0.45 | 0 | New | |
| Slovenian National Right | 3,327 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Patriotic United Retirement Party–League for Slovenia | 2,025 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| New Party | 1,104 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Forward Slovenia | 886 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Party for the Equality of Regions | 541 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 7,398 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minority representatives | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1,069,204 | 100.00 | 90 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,069,204 | 94.10 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 67,007 | 5.90 | |||
| Total votes | 1,136,211 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,542,218 | 73.67 | |||
| Source: DVK | |||||
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