Party of Slovenian People explained

Country:Slovenia
Party of Slovenian People
Native Name:Stranka slovenskega naroda
Leader:Mihael Jarc
Split:Slovenian National Party
Foundation:1994
Headquarters:Ljubljana
Ideology:Slovenian nationalism
Direct democracy
Soft euroscepticism
National:Alliance Let us Liberate Slovenia[1]
Colours:Sky blue
Website:http://www.ssn.si

The Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) is an extra-parliamentary party in Slovenia. In the 2008 legislative election in Slovenia, the party won 0.25% of the popular vote and no seats in the National Assembly. In the early election on 4 December 2011, the party won 0.09% of the vote, thus not gaining any seats in the National Assembly.[2] The party won 0.4% of the vote in the European Parliament election on 25 May 2014, failing to gain any seats.[3]

The party has its roots in the far-right Slovenian National Right party, which was transformed and renamed after its failure in the 1996 parliamentary election.[4] In later years, it was associated with the nationalistic organization Hervardi.[5] [6] The party's candidate for the 2008 legislative election was Andrej Šiško, formerly a prominent member of the ultras group "Viole Maribor". Šiško was apprehended during a pre-election debate appearance due to an outstanding arrest warrant after failing to appear in prison to begin serving a prison sentence for a 1992 murder attempt.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anica Bidar na volitve s stranko Za ljudstvo Slovenije, Šiškova Zedinjena Slovenija v koalicijo ZOS .
  2. Web site: Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011 . National Electoral Commission . 16 December 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120717041115/http://volitve.gov.si/dz2011/en/rezultati/rezultati_slo.html . 17 July 2012 .
  3. http://www.siol.net/novice/eu_volitve_2014/2014/05/euvolitverezultat.aspx "Vzporedne volitve: na evropskih volitvah močna zmaga SDS." 2014. Siol (25 May).
  4. Book: Trplan, Tomaž . 2005 . Slovenia . https://books.google.com/books?id=Lr5-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229 . Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe . Mudde . Cas . Routledge . 9781134252534 . 225–246.
  5. News: SSN: 'Kockasti', roke stran od slovenske zemlje . Finance.si . 2009-02-19 . 2014-05-03.
  6. News: 'Umik edini racionalen izhod' . 24ur.com . 2009-02-19 . 2014-05-03.
  7. News: Andrej Šiško s predvolilnega soočenja v zapor . . 2008-09-03 . 2014-05-03.