National Assembly (Slovenia)

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The National Assembly (Državni zbor) is the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Slovenia. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term, 88 members elected by the mixed member proportional representation system and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians and Hungarians) using the Borda count, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.

The current President of the National Assembly is France Cukjati since 2004

Contents 1 Presidents of the National Assembly 2 Latest election 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Presidents of the National Assembly

1. France Bučar May 17, 1990 - December 23, 1992
2. Herman Rigelnik December 23, 1992 - September 16, 1994
3. Jožef Školc September 16, 1994 -December 3, 1996
4. Janez Podobnik December 3, 1996 - November 10, 2000
5. Borut Pahor November 10, 2000 - July 12, 2004
6. Feri Horvat July 12, 2004 - October 22, 2004
7. France Cukjati October 22, 2004 - Present

[edit] Latest election

Main article: Slovenia parliamentary elections, 2004

e•d Summary of the 3 October 2004 Slovenian National Assembly election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS)	281,710	29.08	29
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS)	220,848	22.80	23
Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD)	98,527	10.17	10
New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi)	88,073	9.09	9
Slovenian People's Party (Slovenska ljudska stranka, SLS)	66,032	6.82	7
Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS)	60,750	6.27	6
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS)	39,150	4.04	4
Active Slovenia (Aktivna Slovenija)	28,767	2,97	-
Slovenia is Ours (Slovenija je naša, SJN)	25,343	2.62	-
Youth Party of Slovenia (Stranka mladih Slovenije, SMS)	20,174	2.08	-
Others	39,398	4.07	-
Hungarian and Italian ethnic minorities			2
Valid votes	968,772		90
Total Votes (turnout 60.64 %)	991,123
Eligible voters	1,634,402
Source: [1]

[edit] Further reading

• Toplak, Jurij. The parliamentary election in Slovenia, October 2004. Electoral Studies 25 (2006) 825-831.

[edit] External links

• National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia - official page