IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Slovenia

Republic of Slovenia

2,081,900	22
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
1,694,373	53.10%
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Slovenian National Assembly	Državni Zbor	Lower House
Slovenian National Council	Državni Svet	Upper House
Slovenian Presidency	None	Head of State

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Borut PAHOR
Head of Government: Prime Minister Miro CERAR
Assembly: Slovenia has a bicameral Parliament (Parlament) consisting of the National Council (Državni Svet) with 40 seats and the National Assembly (Državni Zbor) with 90 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
In the National Council (Državni Svet) 40 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms*. In the National Assembly (Državni Zbor), 88 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 2 members are elected through a Borda Count system to serve 4-year terms.**

* This is a mainly advisory body based on corporatist principles with limited legislative powers. It may propose laws, ask to review any National Assembly decisions, and call national referenda. 4 members represent business ownership associations, 4 represent trade unions, 2 represent farmers, 1 represents crafts and trades, 1 represents "independent professions," and 6 represent "non-commercial" interests. These include 1 representative each from the following fields: university students, teaching, professional research, culture/sport, health care, and social work. Finally, electoral colleges in each of 22 local constituencies elect members representing their respective constituencies. These electoral colleges include 1 member per municipality and 1 more member per additional 5,000 residents. Choice of electoral rules is reserved to the electoral colleges.

** In the PR tier, there are 8 multi-member constituencies of 11 seats each. Voters have the option to cast preference votes. There is a nationwide threshold of 4 percent. In addition, the two constituencies in which the Borda system is used are nationwide and reserved to Hungarian and Italian minorities, respectively.

IFES Resources:

Does IFES have a presence in Slovenia: No

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Slovenian National Assembly	2000-01-15	1,112,840	1,587,430	70.1
Slovenian Presidency	2002-11-10	1,159,330	1,606,614	72.16
Slovenian Presidency	2002-12-01	1,045,855	1,606,435	65.1
Referendum	2003-03-23	969,577	1,609,587	60.24
Referendum	2004-04-04	513,195	1,626,913	31.54
Slovenian National Assembly	2004-10-03	991,123	1,634,402	60.64
Slovenian Presidency	2007-10-21	991,708	1,720,481	57.64
Slovenian Presidency	2007-11-11	1,005,359	1,720,481	58.43
Slovenian National Assembly	2008-09-21	1,070,523	1,696,437	63.1
Referendum	2010-06-06	727,361	1,705,105	42.66
Referendum	2011-06-05	690,727	1,707,299	40.46
Slovenian National Assembly	2011-12-04	1,121,573	1,709,692	65.6
Referendum	2012-03-25	514,400	1,709,417	30.09
Slovenian Presidency	2012-11-11	818,183	1,709,692	47.86
Slovenian Presidency	2012-12-02	717,835	1,709,692	41.99
Slovenian National Assembly	2014-07-13	885,860	1,713,067	51.71
Slovenian Presidency	2017-10-22	757,898	1,713,744	44.22
Slovenian Presidency	2017-11-12	716,826	1,713,473	41.83
Slovenian National Assembly	2018-06-03	901,454	1,712,616	52.64
Referendum	2021-07-11	784,433	1,698,642	46.18
Slovenian National Assembly	2022-04-24	1,193,445	1,695,771	70.38
Slovenian Presidency	2022-10-23	908,065	1,694,373	53.59

Voter Turnout

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