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The 2024 European Parliament election in Slovenia was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Slovenia, and the first to take place after Brexit. [1]
Compared to last election, Slovenia is entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [2] The 9 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold. [3]
Both Slovenian and other non-Slovenian EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Slovenia. No registration is needed for Slovenian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Slovenia are required to register with the Ministry of Interior no later than 15 days before the election day. Slovenian citizens residing abroad can choose to vote by post, in the closest diplomatic or consular representation of Slovenia, or in a special polling station in Slovenia. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. [4]
The table shows the detailed composition of the Slovenian seats at the European Parliament as of 27 March 2024.
| EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 4 / 8 | Slovenian Democratic Party | 2 | |||
| Slovenian People's Party | 1 | |||||
| New Slovenia – Christian Democrats | 1 | |||||
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 2 / 8 | Social Democrats | 2 | |||
| Renew Europe | 2 / 8 | Freedom Movement | 1 | |||
| Greens of Slovenia | 1 | |||||
| Total | 8 | |||||
| Source: European Parliament | ||||||
| Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDS | Slovenian Democratic Party | EPP | EPP | 26.3 | Romana Tomc [5] | |
| SLS | Slovenian People's Party | EPP | EPP | Peter Gregorčič [6] | ||
| SD | Social Democrats | PES | S&D | 18.7 | Matjaž Nemec | |
| NSi | New Slovenia – Christian Democrats | EPP | EPP | 11.1 | Matej Tonin [7] | |
| Levica | The Left | PEL | − | 6.4 | Nataša Sukič | |
| DeSUS + DD | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia & Good State | EDP | − | 5.7 | Uroš Lipušček | |
| GS | Freedom Movement | − | RE | − | Irena Joveva | |
| Vesna | Vesna – Green Party | EGP | − | − | Vladimir Prebilič [8] | |
| Pirati | Pirate Party | PPEU | − | - | Urška Orehek [9] | |
| Resni.ca | Resni.ca | − | − | − | Zoran Stevanović | |
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | Publisher(s) | Sample size | SDS EPP | SLS (Gregorčič) EPP | ZS NI | SD S&D | NSi EPP | Levica Left | DeSUS EDP | DD NI | GS Renew | Resni.ca NI | PPS G/EFA | Vesna (Prebilič) G/EFA | NOT NI | Logar NI | Rupar NI | Others | None | Und. | Abst. | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–6 Jun 2024 | Ninamedia | Dnevnik | 629 | 25.1 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 19.5 | 5.4 | – | 13.1 | 2.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5.6 | [10] | |
| 3–5 Jun 2024 | Mediana | Delo | 734 | 20.5 3 | 6.0 0 | 1.5 0 | 6.5 1 | 7.8 1 | 4.4 0 | 1.9 0 | 18.4 3 | 3.9 0 | – | 7.7 1 | 1.5 0 | – | – | 19.9 | 2.1 | [11] | ||||
| 21–24 May 2024 | Mediana | POPTV | 713 | 17.9 4 | 3.0 0 | 2.6 0 | 9.1 1 | 6.0 1 | 4.1 0 | 1.4 0 | 12.8 2 | 5.5 0 | – | 8.1 1 | 0.9 0 | – | – | 0.1 0 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | [12] | |
| 13–16 May 2024 | Ninamedia | Dnevnik | 1,000 | 27.4 3 | 4.4 0 | 3.6 0 | 11.5 1 | 7.9 1 | 5.7 0 | 2.8 0 | 17.6 2 | 3.2 0 | – | 14.0 1 | 1.7 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9.8 | [13] | |
| 23–25 Apr 2024 | Mediana | POPTV | 723 | 21.7 | 3.3 | – | 5.7 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 15.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 7.1 | 0.9 | – | – | 0.2 | 4.3 | 14.7 | 4.2 | 6.2 | [14] | |
| 5–7 Mar 2024 | Mediana | Delo | 723 | 20.7 | 2.4 | – | 6.4 | 6.2 | 4.5 | – | – | 13.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | – | – | 2.7 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 18.6 | 4.3 | 7.7 | [15] |
| 4–7 Dec 2023 | Ninamedia | – | 700 | 14.6 | 3.7 | – | 11.4 | 6.3 | 4.0 | – | – | 11.6 | – | – | 8.3 | – | 12.4 | 0.9 | – | – | 19.7 | 7.1 | 2.2 | [16] |
| 24 April 2022 | 2022 parliamentary election | – | – | 23.48 | 3.41 | 6.69 | 6.86 | 4.46 | 0.66 | 1.70 | 40.23 [lower-alpha 3] | 2.86 | 1.63 | 1.35 | — | — | — | 6.13 | (29.04) | 16.75 | ||||
| 26 May 2019 | 2019 election | – | – | 26.25 | 2.22 | 18.66 | 11.12 | 6.43 | 5.67 | 0.53 | 19.46 [lower-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.67 | (71.11) | 6.79 | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Slovenian Democratic Party | 206,368 | 30.61 | 4 | +2 | |
| Freedom Movement | 149,200 | 22.13 | 2 | New | |
| Vesna – Green Party | 71,023 | 10.54 | 1 | New | |
| Social Democrats | 52,390 | 7.77 | 1 | –1 | |
| New Slovenia – Christian Democrats | 51,182 | 7.59 | 1 | 0 | |
| Slovenian People's Party | 48,637 | 7.21 | 0 | –1 | |
| The Left | 32,436 | 4.81 | 0 | 0 | |
| Resni.ca | 26,767 | 3.97 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners − Good State | 14,980 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greens of Slovenia | 10,865 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 | |
| None of the Above | 10,263 | 1.52 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 674,111 | 100.00 | 9 | +1 | |
| Valid votes | 674,111 | 95.58 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 31,182 | 4.42 | |||
| Total votes | 705,293 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,689,586 | 41.74 | |||
| Source: | |||||
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