2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Slovenia on 24 April 2022.[1]
Electoral system[]
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. Voters rank all of the candidates on the ballot paper using numbers (1 being highest priority). A candidate is awarded the most points (equal to the number of candidates on the ballot paper) when a voter ranks them first. The candidate with most points wins.[6][2]
Timeline[]
- 6 January 2022: Following the decision of the ECtHR in The Committee for the organization and registration of the Romanian Communist Party v. Romania case, in which the ECtHR confirmed Romania's decision to refuse to register a political party that did not distance itself from the former communist regime, Vili Kovačič asked the Constitutional Court to decide on the constitutionality of The Left's program and actions of The Left and Social Democrats. The latter is the legal successor of the League of Communists of Slovenia.[7]
- 12 January 2022: Speaker Igor Zorčič, former member of the Modern Centre Party, founded a new party called Liberal Democrats.[8]
- 26 January 2022: , former State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy in Prime Minister Drnovšek's cabinet and CEO of GEN-i, was elected president of the Green Actions Party, renaming it to the Freedom Movement.
- 9 February 2022: President Borut Pahor signed a decree for the election to be held on 24 April 2022. Pahor explained that he will nominate a prime minister based on the composition of the parliament, requesting leaders of parliamentary groups to put forward at least 46 signatures.[9] Prime Minister Janez Janša tested positive for Covid-19.[10]
- 15 February 2022: Aleksandra Pivec submitted 1500 signatures to support Our Country's candidate lists. She also stated that MPs and of DeSUS may join her party.[11] DeSUS and LIDE decided to form a joint candidate lists for the election.[12] Karl Erjavec, former leader of DeSUS, said in an interview that DeSUS is a failed party and that connecting with LIDE will not have a positive effect in the election. He was critical of the DeSUS MPs and Igor Zorčič, who did not support the vote of no confidence after which Erjavec would become prime minister. He added, that he might re-enter politics, but not through DeSUS, and that he has several offers from other parties.[13]
- 17 February 2022: Igor Zorčič announced that the Liberal Democrats will not form a coalition with the Freedom Movement, which was a mutual decision of both parties. Allegedly, Freedom Movement's leader Golob only offered Zorčič to be a candidate on his party's candidate list, and not a joint list.[14]
- 21 February 2022: The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption announced that it had not found any violations regarding the vacations of Prime Minister Janez Janša with some businessmen and stopped the investigation.[15] The LIDE party authorized party president Igor Zorčič to form a joint list of candidates with DeSUS and the LDS.[16]
- 23 February 2022: After the investigation of the procurement of protective equipment in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK) found a violation of the integrity by the Minister of the Economy Zdravko Počivalšek. Počivalšek stated that he will not resign and that the KPK's opinion tells more about the KPK itlself.[17]
- 28 February 2022: LIDE announced that it will not participate in the election. DeSUS did not want broader coalition with other parties and therefore rejected an agreement offered by LIDE. LIDE's leader Igor Zorčič stated that party will skip parliamentaty election and focus on presidential and local elections, which will be held later this year.[18]
- 1 March 2022: DeSUS announced that it will run in the elections on its own after refusing to form a joint list with the LIDE.[19]
- 3 March 2022: found himself under police investigation after he was accused of receiving too high a salary as a CEO of the state-owned GEN-I and therefore violating the so called "Lahkovnik" Act, which regulates the salaries of management bodies of state-owned companies.[20]
- 12 March 2022: Whistleblower became president of the party, and former European Commissioner Violeta Bulc was elected vice president.[21]
- 23 March 2022: Constitutional Court rejected Vili Kovačič's proposal to decide on constitutionality of The Left's program and actions of The Left and Social Democrats as obviously groundless.[22]
- 24 March 2022: of party confirmed that they will form a joint list fir 's party and some other parties and lists.[23]
Parties and election coalitions[]
The following parties and lists have seats in the current National Assembly:
Party/List | Main ideology | Leader | Role | National Assembly Seats | |||||
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2018 election | Current | ||||||||
SDS | Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenska demokratska stranka |
Conservatism | Janez Janša Prime Minister |
Government | 25 / 90
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26 / 90
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LMŠ | List of Marjan Šarec Lista Marjana Šarca |
Social liberalism | Marjan Šarec MP, fmr. Prime Minister |
Opposition | 13 / 90
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14 / 90
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SD | Social Democrats Socialni demokrati |
Social democracy | Tanja Fajon MEP |
Opposition | 10 / 90
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13 / 90
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Levica | The Left Levica |
Socialism | Luka Mesec MP |
Opposition | 9 / 90
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7 / 90
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NSi | New Slovenia Nova Slovenija |
Christian democracy | Matej Tonin Minister of Defence |
Government | 7 / 90
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7 / 90
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SAB | Party of Alenka Bratušek Stranka Alenke Bratušek |
Social liberalism | Alenka Bratušek MP, fmr. Prime Minister |
Opposition | 5 / 90
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6 / 90
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DeSUS | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije |
Pensioners' interests | fmr. State Secretary |
Opposition Support by the MPs, not the party |
5 / 90
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4 / 90
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PoS | Let's Connect Slovenia Povežimo Slovenijo |
Concretely[1] Konkretno |
Social liberalism | Zdravko Počivalšek Minister of Economy |
Government | 10 / 90
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4 / 90
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Slovenian People's Party (SLS) Slovenska ljudska stranka |
Conservatism | fmr. Deputy Prime Minister |
Government | 0 / 90
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0 / 90
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Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni) Zeleni Slovenije |
Green conservatism | State Secretary |
Government | 0 / 90
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0 / 90
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New People's Party (NLS) Nova ljudska stranka |
Conservatism | National Councilor |
Government | 0 / 90
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0 / 90
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(NSD) Nova socialdemokracija |
Social democracy | fmr. MP |
Opposition | 0 / 90
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0 / 90
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SNS | Slovenian National Party Slovenska nacionalna stranka |
Nationalism | Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti MP |
Opposition Support |
4 / 90
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3 / 90
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GS | Freedom Movement Gibanje svoboda |
Green liberalism | fmr. State Secretary |
Opposition | New | 2 / 90
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ND | Our Land Naša dežela |
Agrarianism | Aleksandra Pivec fmr. Minister of Agriculture |
Opposition Support |
New | 1 / 90
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Leaders profiles[]
Janez Janša
SDS
63 years old
Edu.: Defence Studies
Background: Politician
Prime Minister (2004-08, 2012-13, 2020-), Minister of Defence (1990-94, 2000), MP (1990-)Marjan Šarec
LMŠ
44 years old
Edu.: Acting
Background: Politician, Comedian
Prime Minister (2018-20), MP (2018-)Tanja Fajon
SD
50 years old
Edu.: Journalism, Int.'l Politics
Background: Politician, Journalist
MEP (2009-)Zdravko Počivalšek
PoS
64 years old
Edu.: Agronomy
Background: Politician, Businessman
Minister of Economy (2014-)Luka Mesec
Levica
34 years old
Edu.: European Studies
Background: Politician, Activist
MP (2014-)Matej Tonin
NSi
38 years old
Edu.: Politology
Background: Politician, Businessman
Minister of Defence (2020-), Speaker (2018), MP (2014-)Alenka Bratušek
SAB
51 years old
Edu.: Textile, Management
Background: Politician, Civil servant
Prime Minister (2013-14), Minister of Infrastructure (2018-20), MP (2011-18, 21-)Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti
SNS
74 years old
Edu.: Pharmacy, Diplomacy
Background: Politician, Civil servant
MP (1990-2011, 2018-)
Other parties[]
Party/List | Main ideology | President | ||||
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Pirati | Pirate Party of Slovenia Piratska stranka Slovenije |
Pirate politics | ||||
Vesna | Spring - Green Patry Vesna - zelena stranka |
Green politics | & Uroš Macerl | |||
Resni.ca | Tru.th Resni.ca |
Populism | ||||
DOM | Homeland League Domovinska liga |
Nationalism | fmr. State Secretary | |||
DD | Dobra država |
Anti-corruption | ||||
ZOS | Zavezništvo Osvobodimo Slovenijo |
United Slovenia Movement (ZSi) Gibanje Zedinjena Slovenija |
Nationalism | Andrej Šiško | ||
(NSD) Narodna stranka dela |
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(SAK) Stranka Aleksandra Kamenika |
Animal rights | |||||
Party of Slovenian People (SSN) Stranka Slovenskega naroda |
Nationalism | |||||
ZLS | Za ljudstvo Slovenije |
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Naša prihodnost |
Opinion polls[]
![Polls since the 2018 election](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Opinion_polls_Slovenia_2018-2022.svg/782px-Opinion_polls_Slovenia_2018-2022.svg.png)
Debates[]
Date/Time | Organiser | Moderator(s) | Parties | |||||||||||||
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SDS | LMŠ | SD | Levica | NSi | SAB | DeSUS | PoS | SNS | GS | ND | Pirati | Vesna | ||||
10 February 2022 20:25-21:30 |
TV SLO 1 (Tarča) |
P Hojs |
P Šarec |
NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | P Počivalšek |
NI | P |
NI | NI | NI | NI | |
16 February 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV (Slovenija izbira) |
P Irgl |
NI | P |
NI | P |
A | NI | NI | P Jelinčič |
A | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
17 February 2022 20:20-21:25 |
TV SLO 1 (Tarča) |
P |
NI | P Fajon |
P Mesec |
P |
NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
23 February 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV (Slovenija izbira) |
NI | A | P |
NI | NI | NI | NI | P Kangler |
NI | NI | P Pivec |
NI | NI | NI | |
2 March 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV & Nova24TV (Slovenija izbira) |
P Logar |
NI | P Fajon |
NI | P Tonin |
P Bratušek |
NI | P |
NI | A | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
9 March 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV & Nova24TV (Slovenija izbira) |
P |
A | P |
A | P |
A | NI | P |
NI | A | P |
NI | NI | NI | |
16 March 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV & Nova24TV (Slovenija izbira) |
P Pogačnik |
A | P |
A | P Vrtovec |
P |
NI | P Počivalšek |
P Jelinčič |
A | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
17 March 2022 20:00-21:15 |
TV SLO 1 (Tarča) |
A | P Šarec |
NI | NI | P Vrtovec |
NI | NI | A | P Jelinčič |
P |
NI | NI | P Macerl |
P | |
23 March 2022 19:45-21:00 |
Planet TV & Nova24TV (Slovenija izbira) |
P Hojs |
NI | P |
NI | P |
NI | NI | P |
NI | A | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
24 March 2022 20:00-22:00 |
TV SLO 1 (Slovenija zdaj) |
P Tomc |
P Šarec |
P Fajon |
P Mesec |
P Tonin |
P Bratušek |
P |
P |
P Jelinčič |
NI | NI | NI | NI | NI | |
Official start of the election campaign (25 March 2022) | ||||||||||||||||
P Invited/Present NI Non-invitee A Absent invitee |
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