2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

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2008 Slovenian parliamentary election
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Leader Borut Pahor Janez Janša
Party SD SDS
Last election 10 seats
(14) 		29 seats
Seats won 29 28
Seat change Increase19
(Increase15) 		Decrease1
Popular vote 320,248 307,735
Percentage 30.45 29.26
PM before election

Janez Janša
SDS

Elected PM

Borut Pahor
SD

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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly.[1] 17 parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties.[2] The election was won by the Social Democrats (SD),[1] who then went on to form a government together with Zares, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS).[3]

Opinion polls[]

Polling Firm Date SD SDS Zares SNS LDS DeSUS SLS NSi Others
Ninamedia[4] 15–17 July 2008 25.7% 22.4% 8.4% 6.3% 7.2% 4.5% 1.7% 1.5% 22.3%
Ninamedia[5] 20–22 May 2008 22.1% 18.9% 8.6% 6.8% 6.6% 4.2% 2.4% 1.9% 37.1%
Delo[6] 26–29 May 2008 19.2% 15.2% 6.3% 5.9% 4.7% 3.0% 2.2% 2.1% 41.4%

Exit polls[]

According to exit polls, conducted by the Interstat agency for Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Social Democrats (SD) won the most votes, 32.02%. Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) finished second with 28.04%. Other parties followed: Zares 10.05%, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) 6.74%, Slovenian National Party (SNS) 5.58%, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) 5.21%, and Slovenian People's Party (SLS) with Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS) 4.28%. New Slovenia (NSi) and Lipa, the parliamentary parties before the elections, did not reach the 4% limit.[7]

According to exit polls, conducted by the Mediana agency for POP TV, the results are following: SD 31.5%, SDS 27.7%, Zares 9.7%, DeSUS 7.6%, LDS 6.1%, SNS 5.8%, SLS-SMS 4.2%. The margin was not reached by NSi (2.6%) and Lipa (2.3%).[8]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democrats 320,24830.4529+19
Slovenian Democratic Party307,73529.2628–1
Zares98,5269.379New
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia78,3537.457+3
Slovenian National Party56,8325.405–1
Slovenian People's Party–Youth Party54,8095.215–1
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia54,7715.215–18
New Slovenia – Christian People's Party35,7743.400–9
Lipa19,0681.810New
List for Justice and Development5,8970.560New
Greens of Slovenia5,3670.5100
Christian Democratic Party4,7240.450New
List for Clear Drinking Water4,1400.390New
Party of Slovenian People2,6290.2500
Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress2,2300.210New
Forward Slovenia4750.0500
Acacias2490.020New
Hungarian and Italian national communities20
Total1,051,827100.00900
Valid votes1,051,82798.26
Invalid/blank votes18,5971.74
Total votes1,070,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,696,43763.10
Source: DVK

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Republic of Slovenia Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2008". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Seznam kandidatov in kandidatk po listah". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Leftists make gains in Slovenia". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Social Democratic Parties Lead in Slovenia | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Social Democracy Leads All in Slovenia | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Slovenian Voters Put Social Democracy Ahead | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Trojčku 43 mandatov in koalicijski partner? :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Stran ne obstaja - 24ur.com". Volitve.24ur.com. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

External links[]

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