This article lists political parties in Slovenia. Since 1989, Slovenia has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which one party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other forming coalitions.
This article lists political parties in Slovenia. Since 1989, Slovenia has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which one party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other forming coalitions.
| Party | Ideology | Leader | Seats | |||
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 | GS | Freedom Movement Gibanje Svoboda | Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism | Robert Golob | 41 / 90 | |
 | SDS | Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenska demokratska stranka | Slovenian nationalism, Right-wing populism | Janez Janša | 27 / 90 | |
 | NSi | New Slovenia - Christian Democrats Nova Slovenija - Krščanski demokrati | Christian democracy, Social conservativism | Matej Tonin | 8 / 90 | |
 | SD | Social Democrats Socialni demokrati | Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism | Matjaž Han | 7 / 90 | |
 | Levica | The Left Levica | Democratic socialism | Asta Vrečko | 5 / 90 | |
| Party name | Main ideology | Leader | Last Election | |||
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| ZZP | Alliance for Primorska Zveza za Primorsko | Regionalism | Aleksander Lemut | 2011 | ||
 | Konkretno | Concretely Konkretno | Liberalism, Conservative liberalism | Zdravko Počivalšek | 2022 | |
| DeSUS | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije | Pensioners' interests, Single-issue politics | Ljubo Jasnič | 2022 | ||
| ZD | For a Healthy Society Za zdravo družbo | Single-issue politics Anti-corruption | Gregor Kos | 2022 | ||
 | ZLS | For the People of Slovenia Za ljudstvo Slovenije | Borut Lobod | 2022 | ||
| NPS | Forward Slovenia Naprej Slovenija | Slovenian nationalism Populism [1] | Blaž Svetek | 2018 | ||
 | DD | Good Country Dobra država | Anti-corruption Anti-elitism [2] | Smiljan Mekicar | 2022 | |
| Zeleni | Greens of Slovenia Zeleni Slovenije | Populism [3] Green politics | Andrej Čuš | 2022 | ||
 | LDS | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberalna demokracija Slovenije | Liberalism Social liberalism [4] | Anton Anderlič | 2011 | |
 | LIDE | Liberal Democrats Liberalni demokrati | Liberalism | Igor Zorčič | Did not participate | |
 | L'BP | List of Boris Popovič Lista Borisa Popoviča | Environmentalism | Boris Popovič | 2022 | |
| LNBP | List of Journalist Bojan Požar Lista novinarja Bojana Požarja | Anti-elitism Populism [5] | Bojan Požar | 2018 | ||
| NS | New Social Democrats Novi socialdemokrati | Christian socialism Social Democracy [6] | Milan Balažic | 2022 | ||
| ND | Our Country Naša Dežela | Centrism | Aleksandra Pivec | 2022 | ||
| NP | Our Future Naša prihodnost | Environmentalism | Ivan Gale | 2022 | ||
| SSN | Party of Slovenian People Stranka slovenskega naroda | Direct democracy Soft euroscepticism | Marjan Žandar | 2022 | ||
 | Pirati | Pirate Party of Slovenia Piratska stranka Slovenije | Pirate politics Freedom of information [7] | Boštjan Tavčar | 2022 | |
 | SLS | Slovenian People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka | Conservatism Agrarianism | Marko Zidanšek | 2022 | |
 | SNS | Slovenian National Party, Slovenska nacionalna stranka | Ultranationalism, Hard Euroscepticism | Zmago Jelinčič | 2022 | |
 | SPS | Socialist Party of Slovenia Socialistična partija Slovenije | Marxism-Leninism Socialism | Tadej Trček | 2018 | |
| SSSS | Social Party of Serbs of Slovenia Socialna stranka Srbov Slovenije | Single-issue politics Minority politics [8] | Saša Gajić | Did not participate | ||
| Solidarnost | Solidarity - For a Fair Society! Solidarnost - za pravično družbo! | Social democracy Progressivism [9] | Uroš Lubej | 2018 | ||
 | Vesna | Spring – Green Party Vesna – zelena stranka | Green politics | Uroš Macerl, Urška Zgojznik | 2022 | |
| DP | Taxpayers Davkoplačevalci se ne damo | Single-issue politics Populism | Vili Kovačič | 2018 | ||
 | Resni.ca | Tru.th Resni.ca | Populism Anti-lockdown | Zoran Stevanović | 2022 | |
| ZSi | United Slovenia Movement Gibanje Zedinjena Slovenija | Slovenian nationalism Populism [10] | Andrej Šiško | 2022 | ||
| Sloga | Unity Sloga | Anti-capitalism [11] | Janko Veber | 2022 | ||
 | GOD | Voice for Children and Families Glas za otroke in družine | Christian democracy Social conservativism [12] | Aleš Primc | 2018 | |
 | SMS | Youth Party – European Greens Stranka mladih – Zeleni Evrope | Green politics | Igor Jurišič | 2008 | |
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