Slovenian parliamentary election, 2008
Slovenian parliamentary election, 2008
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| All 90 seats to the National Assembly |
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First party |
Second party |
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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 |
+19
(+15) |
–1 |
| Popular vote |
320,248 |
307,735 |
| Percentage |
30.45 |
29.26 |
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Parliamentary elections for the 90 deputies to the National Assembly of Slovenia were held on 21 September 2008.[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]
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.[4]
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%).[5]
Opinion polling
| Polling Firm |
Date |
SD |
SDS |
Zares |
SNS |
LDS |
DeSUS |
SLS |
NSi |
Others |
| Ninamedia[6] |
July 15–17, 2008 |
25.7% |
22.4% |
8.4% |
6.3% |
7.2% |
4.5% |
1.7% |
1.5% |
22.3% |
| Ninamedia[7] |
May 20–22, 2008 |
22.1% |
18.9% |
8.6% |
6.8% |
6.6% |
4.2% |
2.4% |
1.9% |
37.1% |
| Delo[8] |
May 26–29, 2008 |
19.2% |
15.2% |
6.3% |
5.9% |
4.7% |
3.0% |
2.2% |
2.1% |
41.4% |
Results
e • d Summary of the 21 September 2008 Slovenian National Assembly election results
| Parties |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) |
320,248 |
30.45 |
29 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) |
307,735 |
29.26 |
28 |
| Zares – new politics (Zares – nova politika) |
98,526 |
9.37 |
9 |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) |
78,353 |
7.45 |
7 |
| Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) |
56,832 |
5.40 |
5 |
| Slovenian People's Party and Youth Party of Slovenia (Slovenska ljudska stranka in Stranka mladih Slovenije, SLS+SMS) |
54,809 |
5.21 |
5 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) |
54,771 |
5.21 |
5 |
| New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) |
35,774 |
3.40 |
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| The Linden (Lipa) |
19,068 |
1.81 |
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| List for Justice and Development (Lista za pravičnost in razvoj, LPR) |
5,897 |
0.56 |
— |
| Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) |
5,366 |
0.51 |
— |
| Christian Democratic Party (Krščanska demokratska stranka, KDS) |
4,724 |
0.45 |
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| List for Clear Drinking Water (Lista za čisto pitno vodo, LZČPV) |
4,140 |
0.39 |
— |
| Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) |
2,629 |
0.25 |
— |
| Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress (Zelena koalicija: Zelena stranke in zeleni progres, ZP) |
2,230 |
0.21 |
— |
| Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) |
475 |
0.05 |
— |
| Acacias (Akacije) |
249 |
0.02 |
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| Hungarian and Italian national communities |
— |
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2 |
| Valid votes |
1,051,827 |
100.00 |
90 |
| Total votes (turnout 63.10%) |
1,056,593 |
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| Eligible voters |
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| Source: volitve.gov.si |
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