Slovenian presidential election, 2002

Slovenian presidential election, 2002
Slovenia
10 November and 1 December 2002
 
Nominee Janez Drnovšek Barbara Brezigar
Party LDS Independent
Popular vote 586,263 449,995
Percentage 56.58% 43.42%
President before election

Milan Kučan
Independent

 Elected President

Janez Drnovšek
LDS

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Presidential elections were held in Slovenia in 2002. The first round was held on 10 November, with a run-off held on 1 December after no candidate passed the 50% threshold in the first round. The result was a victory for Janez Drnovšek, who won 56/6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 72.04% in the first round and 65.24% in the second.[1]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Janez DrnovšekLiberal Democracy of Slovenia508,11444.39586,26356.58
Barbara BrezigarIndependent352,52030.80449,99543.42
Zmago Jelinčič PlemenitiSlovenian National Party97,1788.49
France ArharIndependent86,8367.59
France BučarIndependent37,0693.24
Lev KreftUnited List of Social Democrats25,7152.25
Anton BeblerDemocratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia21,1651.85
Gorazd Drevenšek 9,7910.86
Jure Jurček CekutaIndependent6,1840.54
Invalid/blank votes15,209-14,275-
Total1,159,7811001,050,533100
Source: European Elections Database

References

  1. ↑ Dataset: Slovenia: Presidential Election 2002 - round 2 European Elections Database