2004 Slovenian parliamentary election explained

Country:Slovenia
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2000
Next Election:2008
Seats For Election:All 90 seats in the National Assembly
Majority Seats:46
Election Date:3 October 2004
Turnout:60.64% (9.45 pp)
Party1:Slovenian Democratic Party
Leader1:Janez Janša
Last Election1:14
Seats1:29
Percentage1:29.08
Party2:Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
Leader2:Anton Rop
Last Election2:34
Seats2:23
Percentage2:22.80
Party3:ZLSD
Leader3:Borut Pahor
Last Election3:11
Seats3:10
Percentage3:10.17
Party4:New Slovenia
Leader4:Andrej Bajuk
Last Election4:8
Seats4:9
Percentage4:9.09
Party5:Slovenian People's Party
Leader5:Janez Podobnik
Last Election5:9
Seats5:7
Percentage5:6.82
Party6:Slovenian National Party
Leader6:Zmago Jelinčič
Last Election6:4
Seats6:6
Percentage6:6.27
Party7:Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
Leader7:Anton Rous
Last Election7:4
Seats7:4
Percentage7:4.04
Prime Minister
Before Election:Anton Rop
Before Party:Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
After Election:Janez Janša
After Party:Slovenian Democratic Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on Sunday, 3 October 2004 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. A total of 1,390 male and female candidates ran in the election, organized into 155 lists. The lists were compiled both by official political parties and the groups of voters not registered as political parties. Five candidates applied for the seat of the representative of the Hungarian "national community" (as minorities are officially called in Slovenia) and only one candidate applied for the seat of the representative of the Italian national community. In the previous election (2000), fewer than 1000 candidates on 155 lists applied.

Electoral system

In Slovenia, elections in the National Assembly are held in eight voting units, each of which further divides into 11 districts. Different candidates apply in each of the eighty-eight districts. From each of eight units, 11 deputies get elected; however, not necessarily one deputy from each district (from some districts nobody gets elected, from others up to four candidates enter the parliament). Deputy's mandates are distributed at two levels: at the level of the voting unit and at the level of the state. In practice, at the level of voting units two thirds of mandates get allotted, while one third gets allotted at the level of the state. In this manner, 88 mandates get distributed. The remaining two seats are assigned to the representatives of the Italian and Hungarian minorities, which get elected separately (in the ninth and tenth voting units) by the Borda count. Altogether, 90 deputies are elected in the parliament. The election threshold for a party to enter the parliament is four per cent.

List of parties and candidates participating in the elections

[Candidates listed in bold were elected to the National Assembly.]

The candidate for the representative of Italian minority:

The candidates for the representatives of Hungarian minority:

Structure of the National Assembly

The structure of parties was modified in April 2007, so the following roster is different from 2004.[1] The list can change further, because some deputies can still be promoted to ministers.

Delegation of Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS) [Slovenian Democratic Party]

Delegation of Socialni demokrati (SD) [United List of Social Democrats]

Delegation of Liberalna demokracija Slovenije (LDS) [Liberal Democracy of Slovenia]

Delegation of Nova Slovenija (NSi) [New Slovenia]

Delegation of Slovenska ljudska stranka (SLS) [Slovenian People's Party]

Delegation of Nepovezani poslanci (NP) [Group of unaligned deputies]

Delegation of Slovenska nacionalna stranka (SNS) [Slovenian National Party]

Delegation of Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije (DeSUS) [Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia]

Delegation of Italijanska in madžarska narodna skupnost (NS) [Representatives of the Italian and Hungarian Minority]

Nepovezani poslanec (NeP) [Unaligned deputy]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dz-rs.si/index.php?id=92&st=g Official website of the Slovenian National Assembly