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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly.[1] 17 parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties.[2] The election was won by the Social Democrats (SD),[1] who then went on to form a government together with Zares, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS).[3]

Opinion polls

Polling Firm Date SD SDS Zares SNS LDS DeSUS SLS NSi Others
Ninamedia[4] 15–17 July 2008 25.7% 22.4% 8.4% 6.3% 7.2% 4.5% 1.7% 1.5% 22.3%
Ninamedia[5] 20–22 May 2008 22.1% 18.9% 8.6% 6.8% 6.6% 4.2% 2.4% 1.9% 37.1%
Delo[6] 26–29 May 2008 19.2% 15.2% 6.3% 5.9% 4.7% 3.0% 2.2% 2.1% 41.4%

Exit polls

According to exit polls, conducted by the Interstat agency for Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Social Democrats (SD) won the most votes, 32.02%. Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) finished second with 28.04%. Other parties followed: Zares 10.05%, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) 6.74%, Slovenian National Party (SNS) 5.58%, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) 5.21%, and Slovenian People's Party (SLS) with Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS) 4.28%. New Slovenia (NSi) and Lipa, the parliamentary parties before the elections, did not reach the 4% limit.[7]

According to exit polls, conducted by the Mediana agency for POP TV, the results are following: SD 31.5%, SDS 27.7%, Zares 9.7%, DeSUS 7.6%, LDS 6.1%, SNS 5.8%, SLS-SMS 4.2%. The margin was not reached by NSi (2.6%) and Lipa (2.3%).[8]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democrats320,24830.4529+19
Slovenian Democratic Party307,73529.2628–1
Zares98,5269.379New
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia78,3537.457+3
Slovenian National Party56,8325.405–1
Slovenian People's PartyYouth Party54,8095.215–2
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia54,7715.215–18
New Slovenia – Christian People's Party35,7743.400–9
Lipa19,0681.810New
List for Justice and Development5,8970.560New
Greens of Slovenia5,3670.5100
Christian Democratic Party4,7240.450New
List for Clear Drinking Water4,1400.390New
Party of Slovenian People2,6290.2500
Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress2,2300.210New
Forward Slovenia4750.0500
Acacias2490.020New
Hungarian and Italian national communities20
Total1,051,827100.00900
Valid votes1,051,82798.26
Invalid/blank votes18,5971.74
Total votes1,070,424100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,696,43763.10
Source: DVK

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Republic of Slovenia Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2008". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Seznam kandidatov in kandidatk po listah". Ministry of Public Administration. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Leftists make gains in Slovenia". Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Social Democratic Parties Lead in Slovenia | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Social Democracy Leads All in Slovenia | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Slovenian Voters Put Social Democracy Ahead | Angus Reid Public Opinion". Angus-reid.com. 29 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Trojčku 43 mandatov in koalicijski partner? :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Stran ne obstaja - 24ur.com". Volitve.24ur.com. 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.

External links

Media related to 2008 elections in Slovenia at Wikimedia Commons


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