2024 European Parliament election in Slovenia

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The 2024 European Parliament elections in Slovenia will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This will be the fifth European Parliament election held in Slovenia, and the first to take place after Brexit. [1]

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Electoral system

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 Latvia 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]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Slovenian seats at the European Parliament as of 27 March 2024.

EP GroupSeatsPartySeatsMEPs
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 2
Total8
Source: European Parliament

Running parties

PartyEuropean PartyGroup2019 resultTop 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 18.7TBA
NSi New Slovenia – Christian Democrats EPP EPP 11.1 Matej Tonin [7]
L The Left PEL 6.4TBA
DeSUS Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia EDP 5.7TBA
SNS Slovenian National Party 4.0TBA
GS Freedom Movement RE TBA
VESNA Vesna – Green Party EGP Vladimir Prebilič [8]
Pirati Pirate Party PPEU -Urška Orehek [9]
Resni.ca Resni.ca Polona Frelih

    Opinion polling

    Fieldwork datePolling firmPublisher(s)Sample size SDS
    EPP
    SLS
    EPP
    SD
    S&D
    NSi
    EPP
    Levica
    Left
    LMŠ
    Renew
    SAB
    Renew
    GS
    Renew
    Resni.ca
    NI
    PPS
    G/EFA
    Vesna
    G/EFA
    Logar
    NI
    Prebilič
    NI
    Gregorčič
    NI
    Rupar
    NI
    OthersNoneUnd.Abst.LeadSource
    5–7 Mar 2024Mediana Delo 72320.72.46.46.24.513.04.13.33.32.71.76.418.64.37.7 [10]
    4–7 Dec 2023Ninamedia70014.611.46.34.011.612.48.33.70.919.77.12.2 [11]
    24 April 2022 2022 parliamentary election 23.483.416.696.864.463.712.6134.452.861.631.358.49(29.04)10.97
    26 May 2019 2019 election 26.2518.6611.126.4315.444.0218.08(71.11)7.59

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