Slovenian Elections
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Every Slovenian parliamentary election from 1990 to 22 March 2026 and every presidential election from 1990 to 2022.
Source: Wikipedia election articles · as of 2026-10-23
Assembly seats
90
46 for a majority
Elections since 1990
19
March 2026
29 vs 28
Freedom Movement over the Slovenian Democratic Party, by one seat
Parliamentary elections
Every Slovenian parliamentary election in the source, newest first, from the first multi-party vote of 1990 to the election of 22 March 2026. The 1990 vote chose the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia inside Yugoslavia, and the series carries its 80-seat Sociopolitical Chamber; the federal record is on the Serbian and Yugoslav hub. Not in the source, and so not shown: European and local elections and the referendums.
Golob and Janša · 2022-2026
Robert Golob's new Freedom Movement won 41 seats in April 2022, the most any single party has won since independence, and displaced Janša's government. In March 2026 it won 29 seats against 28 for the Slovenian Democratic Party and lost its majority; Golob failed to form a government and a right-wing coalition made Janša Prime Minister for a fourth time.
Alternation and early elections · 2004-2018
Janez Janša's Slovenian Democratic Party won 29 seats in 2004, and the Social Democrats took a plurality in 2008. The 2011 election, the first early election in Slovenia's history, was won by Zoran Janković's new Positive Slovenia, yet Janša formed the government. Miro Cerar's new Modern Centre Party won 36 seats in the early election of 2014, and the 2018 vote, the third consecutive snap election, left the Slovenian Democratic Party largest on 25 seats while Marjan Šarec became Prime Minister.
Slovenian Democratic Party 25List of Marjan Šarec 13Social Democrats 10
Modern Centre Party 36Slovenian Democratic Party 21Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 10
Zoran Janković's List – Positive Slovenia 28Slovenian Democratic Party 26Social Democrats 10
Social Democrats 29Slovenian Democratic Party 28Zares 9
Slovenian Democratic Party 29Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 23United List of Social Democrats 10
Drnovšek and Liberal Democracy · 1996-2000
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia won both elections of the era. It took 25 of 90 seats in November 1996, when Drnovšek was re-elected Prime Minister on 9 January 1997, and 34 seats on 36.26% in October 2000, called after a no-confidence vote defeated Andrej Bajuk's government.
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 34Slovenian Democratic Party 14United List of Social Democrats 11
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 25Slovenian People's Party 19Social Democratic Party of Slovenia 16
Independence · 1990-1992
The first direct multi-party election since 1938, on 8 April 1990, chose the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia inside Yugoslavia. The DEMOS coalition of newly formed parties took more than 55% of the vote for the Sociopolitical Chamber, though the Party of Democratic Renewal was the largest single party there with 14 of 80 seats. The first election in independent Slovenia, in December 1992, gave the Liberal Democratic Party 22 of 90 seats, and Janez Drnovšek was re-elected Prime Minister on 12 January 1993.
Liberal Democratic Party 22Slovene Christian Democrats 15United List 14
Party of Democratic Renewal 14Alliance of Socialist Youth of Slovenia 12Slovene Christian Democrats 11
Presidential elections
Every Slovenian presidential election in the source, newest first, from the two-round vote of April 1990 to the contest of October and November 2022. The 1990 vote was for the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, inside Yugoslavia, and its row carries the President's contest. Not in the source, and so not shown: European and local elections and the referendums.
Pahor and Pirc Musar · 2012-2022
Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats won the first round of 11 November 2012, contrary to the opinion polls, and the runoff with roughly two-thirds of the vote against the incumbent Türk. In 2017 the independent Pahor won the runoff with 53.09% against Marjan Šarec, on a second-round turnout of 42.13%, the lowest in any presidential election since independence. Pahor could not run for a third consecutive term in 2022. Nataša Pirc Musar, an independent and former Information Commissioner, won the runoff of 13 November 2022 with 53.89% against Anže Logar, a Slovenian Democratic Party member running as an independent, and became Slovenia's first female president.
Drnovšek and Türk · 2002-2007
Janez Drnovšek of Liberal Democracy of Slovenia won the runoff of 1 December 2002 with 56.58% against Barbara Brezigar. Elections in October and November 2007 chose his successor: the front runner Lojze Peterle, backed by the governing coalition, won the first round with fewer votes than polls predicted, and Danilo Türk won the runoff with 68.03%.
Kučan's presidency · 1990-1997
The first direct election of the President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, in two rounds on 8 and 22 April 1990 alongside the Assembly vote, was won by Milan Kučan of the ZKS-SDP with 58.59% against Jože Pučnik, the DEMOS candidate, on 41.41%. Voters also elected four members of the presidency by plurality at large. Kučan was re-elected as an independent with 63.93% in December 1992 and 55.54% in November 1997, both in the first round.
The long arc in charts
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Turnout
From 85.67% in 1992, the highest on record, to 50.99% in 2014, the lowest, then 70.96% in 2022 and 70.25% in 2026.
The largest party's seat share
From 17.5% (Party of Democratic Renewal, 14 of the 80 seats of the 1990 Sociopolitical Chamber) to 45.6% (Freedom Movement, 41 of 90 in 2022). No party has held a majority since the first election in independent Slovenia.
Records & superlatives
Highest presidential turnout
85.8%
1992, of the elections with a recorded figure
Lowest presidential turnout
44.2%
2017
Largest presidential win
68.0%
Danilo Türk, 2007
Narrowest presidential win
53.1%
Borut Pahor, 2017
Highest turnout
85.7%
1992, of the elections with a recorded figure
Lowest turnout
51.0%
2014
Highest vote share
36.3%
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, 2000
Most seats won
41
Freedom Movement, 2022
How Slovenian elections work
Inside Yugoslavia in 1990
The 8 April 1990 election chose the three chambers of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, still part of Yugoslavia, and independence followed. This hub carries the 80-seat Sociopolitical Chamber, the only chamber with a party table. The federal record of Yugoslavia is on the Serbian and Yugoslav elections hub.
What the source leaves out
Not shown: Slovenia's European and local elections and its referendums. The articles for them are not in the source used for this hub.
How seats are won
The National Assembly has 90 members elected for four years: 88 by party-list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in eight voting units, and 2 chosen separately by the Italian and Hungarian minorities by Borda count. Lists must clear a 4% threshold.
A new party wins, often
The winning list was a new party in 2011 (Positive Slovenia), 2014 (the Modern Centre Party) and 2022 (the Freedom Movement). Three elections in a row, 2011, 2014 and 2018, were early elections after a government fell or its prime minister resigned.