2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

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2008 Slovenian parliamentary election
Flag of Slovenia.svg
  2004 21 September 2008 2011  

88 of the 90 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout63.10% (Increase2.svg 2.46 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Borut Pahor (2008-12-02) (cropped).jpg Janez Jansa (cropped).jpg Gregor Golobic.jpg
Leader Borut Pahor Janez Janša Gregor Golobič
Party SD SDS Zares
Last election10 seats29 seatsNew
Seats won29289
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 19Decrease2.svg 1New
Popular vote320,248307,73598,526
Percentage30.45%29.26%9.37%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Karl Erjavec crop2.jpg JelincicZmago (cropped).jpg Bojan Srot-cropped.jpg
Leader Karl Erjavec Zmago Jelinčič Bojan Šrot
Party DeSUS SNS SLS
Last election4 seats6 seats7 seats
Seats won755
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote78,35356,83254,809
Percentage7.45%5.40%5.21%

 Seventh party
  Katarina Kresal cropped.jpg
Leader Katarina Kresal
Party LDS
Last election23 seats
Seats won5
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 18
Popular vote54,771
Percentage5.21%

Prime Minister before election

Janez Janša
SDS

Prime Minister after election

Borut Pahor
SD

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. Seventeen parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties. A plurality of seats was won by the Social Democrats, which subsequently formed a coalition government together with Zares, the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.

Electoral system

Of the 90 seats, 88 are elected using the D'Hondt method of list proportional representation, with a 4% threshold. [1]

Opinion polls

Polling FirmDate SD SDS Zares SNS LDS DeSUS SLS NSi Others
Ninamedia [2] 15–17 July 200825.7%22.4%8.4%6.3%7.2%4.5%1.7%1.5%22.3%
Ninamedia [3] 20–22 May 200822.1%18.9%8.6%6.8%6.6%4.2%2.4%1.9%37.1%
Delo [4] 26–29 May 200819.2%15.2%6.3%5.9%4.7%3.0%2.2%2.1%41.4%

Exit polls

According to exit polls, conducted by the Interstat agency for Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Social Democrats (SD) won the most votes, 32.02%. Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) finished second with 28.04%. Other parties followed: Zares 10.05%, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) 6.74%, Slovenian National Party (SNS) 5.58%, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) 5.21%, and Slovenian People's Party (SLS) with Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS) 4.28%. New Slovenia (NSi) and Lipa, the parliamentary parties before the elections, did not reach the 4% limit. [1]

According to exit polls, conducted by the Mediana agency for POP TV, the results are following: SD 31.5%, SDS 27.7%, Zares 9.7%, DeSUS 7.6%, LDS 6.1%, SNS 5.8%, SLS-SMS 4.2%. The margin was not reached by NSi (2.6%) and Lipa (2.3%). [5]

Results

A total of 17 parties contested the election, including all 9 political parties that already held seats in the National Assembly. [6] The Social Democrats won the most seats with 29 elected deputies, far below a majority of 45. The Social Democrats eventually came to an agreement with Zares, the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia to form a coalition government. [7] [8]

DZRS 2008.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democrats 320,24830.4529+19
Slovenian Democratic Party 307,73529.2628–1
Zares 98,5269.379New
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 78,3537.457+3
Slovenian National Party 56,8325.405–1
Slovenian People's PartyYouth Party 54,8095.215–2
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 54,7715.215–18
New Slovenia – Christian People's Party 35,7743.400–9
Lipa 19,0681.810New
List for Justice and Development5,8970.560New
Greens of Slovenia 5,3670.5100
Christian Democratic Party4,7240.450New
List for Clear Drinking Water4,1400.390New
Party of Slovenian People 2,6290.2500
Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress2,2300.210New
Forward Slovenia4750.0500
Acacias2490.020New
Hungarian and Italian national communities20
Total1,051,827100.00900
Valid votes1,051,82798.26
Invalid/blank votes18,5971.74
Total votes1,070,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,696,43763.10
Source: DVK

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Trojčku 43 mandatov in koalicijski partner?" [43 mandates for the Troika and a coalition partner?] (in Slovenian). Rtvslo.si. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. "Social Democratic Parties Lead in Slovenia". Angus Reid Public Opinion. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. "Social Democracy Leads All in Slovenia". Angus Reid Public Opinion. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  4. "Slovenian Voters Put Social Democracy Ahead". Angus Reid Public Opinion. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. "VZPOREDNE VOLITVE: SD dobil 29 sedežev" [PARALLEL ELECTIONS: SD won 29 seats] (in Slovenian). 24ur.com. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. "Seznam kandidatov in kandidatk po listah". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  7. "Republic of Slovenia Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2008". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  8. "Leftists make gains in Slovenia". CNN . Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.