Next Slovenian parliamentary election

Next Slovenian parliamentary election

←  2022 By 24 April 2026
All 90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Leader Robert Golob Janez Janša Matej Tonin Party Svoboda SDS NSi Last election 34.45%, 41 seats 23.48%, 27 seats 6.86%, 8 seats   Leader Matjaž Han Asta Vrečko Anže Logar Party SD Levica Democrats Last election 6.69%, 7 seats 4.46%, 5 seats New
Incumbent Prime Minister Robert Golob GS

Parliamentary elections are to be held in Slovenia no later than 24 April 2026. It will determine the composition of the National Assembly, which determines the government of Slovenia.

Background

The 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election resulted in a landslide victory for the Freedom Movement, a newly established liberal party led by Robert Golob, a former energy executive. The party won 41 seats, the highest number for a single party since Slovenian independence. The incumbent Slovenian Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Janez Janša, placed second with 27 seats, marking a significant defeat. New Slovenia – Christian Democrats came third with 8 seats, followed by the Social Democrats with 7 seats, and The Left with 5 seats. Only five parties gained parliamentary representation, the fewest since independence; by contrast, nine parties won seats in the 2018 election.

Electoral system

Voting eligibility

In order to vote in elections to the National Assembly of Slovenia, individuals must meet specific criteria. Voting rights are general and equal, meaning that:

• every citizen of the Republic of Slovenia who has reached the age of 18 has the right to vote and to stand for election,
• voting rights are not determined by class, ethnicity, race, economic status, or other affiliations,
• each voter has one vote in elections to the same representative body, and each vote carries the same weight.

The principle of equal suffrage emphasizes that no individual’s vote is more important than another’s. The only exception to this principle applies to the voting rights of the Italian and Hungarian national communities, each of which is guaranteed one representative in the National Assembly. Voters from these communities also vote for other members of the National Assembly.

The voting rights of members of the Italian and Hungarian communities are specifically regulated. Only individuals belonging to these communities have the right to vote for and be elected as their respective community’s representative; this right does not extend to all citizens. ^[1]

Voting method and seat allocation

The 90 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods. 88 are elected by open list proportional representation in eight 11-seat constituencies and seats are allocated to the parties at the constituency level using the Droop quota. The elected Deputies are identified by ranking all of a party's candidates in a constituency by the percentage of votes they received in their district. The seats that remain unallocated are allocated to the parties at the national level using the D'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 4%. ^[2] Although the country is divided into 88 electoral districts, deputies are not elected from all 88 districts. More than one deputy is elected in some districts, which results in some districts not having an elected deputy (for instance, 21 of 88 electoral districts did not have an elected deputy in the 2014 elections). ^[3] Parties must have at least 35% of their lists from each gender, except in cases where there are only three candidates. For these lists, there must be at least one candidate of each gender. ^{[4] [5]}

Two additional deputies are elected by the Italian and Hungarian minorities via the Borda count. ^{[6] [2]}

Date of the election

Under the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia and the National Assembly Elections Act (Zakon o volitvah v državni zbor), the President of Slovenia is responsible for calling elections to the National Assembly. In the case of regular elections, the President must issue a decree no earlier than 135 days and no later than 60 days before the end of the Assembly’s four-year term. ^[7]

The term of the National Assembly begins with its first session, typically held shortly after election results are confirmed. The election itself must be held no later than two months before the expiry of the current term. ^[8]

If the National Assembly is dissolved early—for instance, due to the failure to elect a Prime Minister or a successful vote of no confidence—the President must call a snap election, which must be held within 60 days of the dissolution. There is no fixed rule on when the new term begins in such cases, but it follows the Assembly’s first session after the vote.

For the 2022 parliamentary elections, the President signed the decree on 9 February 2022, setting the election date for 24 April 2022. Meaning the next regular election must be held by 24 April 2026 at the latest, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier.

Parties and coalitions

The following parties and lists have seats in the current National Assembly before the election:

Party/List					Main ideology	Leader	Seats in the National Assembly
							2022 election	Before the next election
	GS	Freedom Movement Gibanje svoboda			Social liberalism	Robert Golob	41 / 90	39 / 90
	SDS	Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenska demokratska stranka			National conservatism	Janez Janša	27 / 90	24 / 90
	NSi	New Slovenia Nova Slovenija			Christian democracy	Matej Tonin	8 / 90	8 / 90
	SD	Social Democrats Socialni demokrati			Social democracy	Matjaž Han	7 / 90	7 / 90
	Levica and Vesna	Coalition of Levica and Vesna Koalicija Levice in Vesne		The Left Levica	Democratic socialism	Asta Vrečko	5 / 90	4 / 90
				Vesna - Green Party Vesna - zelena stranka	Green politics	Urša Zgojznik Uroš Macerl	0 / 90	0 / 90
	D.	Democrats Demokrati			Conservative liberalism	Anže Logar	New	3 / 90
	SUV	Sovereign Suvereni			Right-wing populism	Dejan Kaloh	New	1 / 90
	NEP	Independents Nepovezani poslanci			-	-	-	2 / 90

Other parties

List of non-parliamentary parties contesting the election

Party/List					Ideology	Leader/s	Result	Seats
	SLS	Slovenian People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka			Agrarianism	Tina Bregant	3,4%	0 / 90
	ZS	Greens of Slovenia Zeleni Slovenije			Green conservatism	Andrej Čuš	3,4%	0 / 90
	NS	New Social Democracy Nova socialdemokracija			Christian socialism	Andrej Magajna	3,4%	0 / 90
	Resni.ca	Tru.th Resni.ca			Populism	Zoran Stevanović	2,9%	0 / 90
	ZD	For a Healthy Society Za zdravo družbo			Self-care	Gregor Kos	1,8%	0 / 90
	SNP	Our Future Naša prihodnost			Anti-corruption	Ivan Gale	1,7%	0 / 90
	SG	Party of Generations Stranka Generacij			Big tent	Vlado Dimovski	1,7%	0 / 90
	Pirati	Pirate Party of Slovenia Piratska stranka Slovenije			Pirate politics	Jasmin Feratović	1,6%	0 / 90
	ND	Our Country Naša dežela			Agrarianism	Aleksandra Pivec	1,5%	0 / 90
	SNS	Slovenian National Party Slovenska nacionalna stranka			Nationalism	Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti	1,5%	0 / 90
	ZLS	For the People of Slovenia Za ljudstvo Slovenije				Borut Loboda	0,7%	0 / 90
	ZSi	United Slovenia Movement Gibanje Zedinjena Slovenija			Nationalism	Andrej Šiško	0,1%	0 / 90
	FOKUS	Focus Fokus			Conservative liberalism	Marko Lotrič		0 / 90
	GU	Voice of Pensioners Glas upokojencev			Pensioners' interests	Pavel Rupar		0 / 90
	SZ	Trust Zaupanje				Karl Erjavec		0 / 90
	SKU	Society Skupnost			Regionalism	Marko Funkl		0 / 90

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the next Slovenian parliamentary election

LOESS curve of polling conducted, excluding undecided voters.

References

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