List of political parties in Slovenia explained

This article lists political parties in Slovenia. Since 1989, Slovenia has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which one party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other forming coalitions.

Parliamentary parties

Party				Ideology	Leader	Seats
		GS	Freedom Movement	Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Robert Golob
		SDS	Slovenian Democratic Party	Slovenian nationalism, Right-wing populism	Janez Janša
		NSi	New Slovenia - Christian Democrats	Christian democracy, Social conservativism	Matej Tonin
		SD	Social Democrats	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Matjaž Han
		Levica	The Left	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Soft Euroscepticism	Asta Vrečko

Extra-parliamentary parties

Party name				Main ideology	Leader	Last Election
		ZZP	Alliance for Primorska	Regionalism	Aleksander Lemut	2011
		Zeleni	Greens of Slovenia	Populism^[1] Green politics	Andrej Čuš	2022
		Konkretno	Concretely	Liberalism, Conservative liberalism	Zdravko Počivalšek	2022
		DeSUS	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia		Ljubo Jasnič	2022
		ZD	For a Healthy Society	Single-issue politics Anti-corruption	Gregor Kos	2022
		NPS	Forward Slovenia	Slovenian nationalism Populism^[2]	Blaž Svetek	2018
		DD	Good Country	Anti-corruption Anti-elitism^[3]	Smiljan Mekicar	2022
		LDS	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia	Liberalism Social liberalism^[4]	Anton Anderlič	2011
		LIDE	Liberal Democrats	Liberalism	Igor Zorčič	Did not participate
		LNBP	List of Journalist Bojan Požar	Anti-elitism Populism^[5]	Bojan Požar	2018
		NS	New Social Democrats	Christian socialism Social Democracy^[6]	Milan Balažic	2022
		ND	Our Country	Centrism	Aleksandra Pivec	2022
		SSN	Party of Slovenian People	Direct democracy Soft euroscepticism	Marjan Žandar	2022
		Pirati	Pirate Party of Slovenia	Pirate politics Freedom of information^[7]	Boštjan Tavčar	2022
		SLS	Slovenian People's Party	Conservatism Agrarianism	Marko Zidanšek	2022
		SNS	Slovenian National Party,	Ultranationalism, Hard Euroscepticism	Zmago Jelinčič	2022
		SPS	Socialist Party of Slovenia	Marxism-Leninism Socialism	Tadej Trček	2018
		SSSS	Social Party of Serbs of Slovenia	Single-issue politics Minority politics^[8]	Saša Gajić	Did not participate
		Solidarnost	Solidarity - For a Fair Society!	Social democracy Progressivism^[9]	Uroš Lubej	2018
		Vesna	Spring – Green Party	Green politics	Uroš Macerl, Urška Zgojznik	2022
		DP	Taxpayers	Single-issue politics Populism	Vili Kovačič	2018
		Resni.ca	Tru.th		Zoran Stevanović	2022
		ZSi	United Slovenia	Slovenian nationalism Populism^[10]	Andrej Šiško	2022
		Sloga	Unity	Anti-capitalism^[11]	Janko Veber	2022
		GOD	Voice for Children and Families	Christian democracy Social conservativism^[12]	Aleš Primc	2018
		SMS	Youth Party – European Greens		Igor Jurišič	2008

Historical parties

• Slovene People's Party (1892–1945), conservative political party
• National Progressive Party (1894–1919), liberal political party
• Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party (1898–1919), left-wing political party
• Independent Agrarian Party (1919–1926), liberal agrarian political party
• Slovene Peasant Party (1926–1929), centre-right agrarian political party
• League of Communists / Communist Party (1937–1990), left-wing to far-left party
• Union of Reform Forces (1989–1990), centre to centre-left political party
• Slovene Christian Democrats (1989–2000), centre-right to right-wing political party
• Slovenian Democratic Union (1989–1993), centrist and liberal political party
• Socialist Party of Slovenia (1990–1993), centre-left political party
• Democratic Party of Slovenia (1992–2007), centrist political party
• Party of Slovenian People (1994–2008), right-wing to far-right political party
• Slovenia is Ours (2004–2011), centrist regionalist political party
• Active Slovenia (2004–2007), centrist and liberal political party
• Zares – Social Liberals (2007–2015), centre to centre-left political party
• Gregor Virant's Civic List (2011–2018), centre to centre-right political party
• United Left - Democratic Party of Work (2014–2017), left-wing political party
• List of Marjan Šarec (2014–2022), centre to centre-left party
• Party of Alenka Bratušek (2014–2022), centre to centre-left party
• Verjamem (2014–2022), centre-left party
• New People's Party of Slovenia (2016–2023), centre-right party

See also

• Politics of Slovenia
• List of political parties by country to browse parties by country

External links

• Iskalnik političnih strank [Political Party Search Engine]. Search term in the field "Ime stranke": *. Ministry of Interior Affairs, Republic of Slovenia. Accessed 22 January 2012.
• Seznam davčnih zavezancev [A List of Taxpayers]. Search term: 94.920 (main activity: political organisation). Računovodja.com. Accessed 22 January 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrej Čuš in Zeleni Slovenije. Andrej Čuš. sl-SI. 2018-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180603100304/https://andrejcus.si/. 2018-06-03. dead.
2. Web site: Program stranke NPS NAPREJ SLOVENIJA – NPS. naprejslovenija.com. sl-SI. 2018-04-26.
3. Web site: Program stranke Dobra Država. www.dobradrzava.si. sl. 2018-04-16.
4. Web site: KLJUČNE PROGRAMSKE TOČKE LDS – LDS – Liberalna demokracija Slovenije. lds.si. sl-SI. 2018-04-16.
5. Web site: LISTA NOVINARJA BOJANA POŽARJA. www.listanovinarjabojanapozarja.si. en. 2018-04-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423215343/http://www.listanovinarjabojanapozarja.si/. 2018-04-23. dead.
6. News: Novi socialdemokrati z Balažicem in Magajno na volitve. Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. 2018-04-18.
7. Web site: Program Piratske stranke Slovenije. Piratska stranka (Pirati). sl-SI. 2018-04-16.
8. Web site: Socijalna Stranka Srba Slovenije. sssslovenije.com. bs-BA. 2018-04-16.
9. News: Program. 2018-04-16. sl. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023434/http://www.solidarnost.si/program.html. 2018-04-17. dead.
10. News: Kratki volilni program 2018 - ZSi. ZSi. 2018-04-16. en-US. 2018-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023111/https://www.zedinjenaslovenija.si/program/kratki-volilni-program/. dead.
11. News: Program stranke - Slovenska sloga. Slovenska sloga. 2018-04-16. sl-SI. 2019-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190201102106/http://slovenskasloga.si/o-drustvu/program-stranke/. dead.
12. Web site: Program - Glas za otroke in družine. Berce. Gregor. glaszaotrokeindruzine.si. 19 December 2021 . sl-SI. 2022-05-27.