2014 Slovenian parliamentary election

none Slovenia parliamentary 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election 2011 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election 2018 All 90 seats in the National Assembly 46 13 July 2014 50.99% ( 14.61pp) 130x130px Miro Cerar 2014-07-13.jpg Miro Cerar Party of Miro Cerar – 36 New 298,342 34.61% EPP Summit, Brussels, May 2014 (14283888564) (cropped).jpg Janez Janša Slovenian Democratic Party 26.19%, 26 seats 21 5 178,294 20.69% Russian-Slovenian Intergovernmental (cropped).jpg Karl Erjavec Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 6.97%. 6 seats 10 4 88,026 10.21% Ministrica za obrambo Andreja Katič prevzela posle na Ministrstvu za obrambo 4 (cropped).jpg Dejan Židan Social Democrats (Slovenia) 10.52%, 10 seats 6 4 52,249 5.98% Collective leadership United Left (Slovenia) – 6 New 52,189 5.97% LjudmilaNovak 03 (cropped).jpg Ljudmila Novak New Slovenia 4.88%, 4 seats 5 1 48,846 5.59% Alenka Bratušek 2013-06-10.jpg Alenka Bratušek ZaAB – 4 New 38,293 4.38% 2014 Slovenia Legislative Election Results.png 420px Results by constituencyRepublic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2014 http://volitve.gov.si/dz2014/en/rezultati/izvoljeni_kandid_po_volilnih_enotah.html volitve.gov.si 5 May 2021 6 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150406171325/http://volitve.gov.si/dz2014/en/rezultati/izvoljeni_kandid_po_volilnih_enotah.html live Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek SAB Prime Minister after election Miro Cerar Party of Miro Cerar Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 13 July 2014 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly.http://www.dnevnik.si/slovenija/razpust-parlamenta-in-razpis-volitev-verjetno-ze-danes Pahor predčasne volitve razpisal za 13. julij, Solidarnost že napovedala ustavno presojo | Dnevnik Dnevnik.si 2014-04-28 2014-07-09 2014-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140604044854/http://www.dnevnik.si/slovenija/razpust-parlamenta-in-razpis-volitev-verjetno-ze-danes live The early election, less than three years after the previous one, was called following the resignation of Alenka Bratušek's government in May. Seventeen parties participated, including seven new parties, some of which formed only months before the election took place. Party of Miro Cerar (SMC), a new party led by lawyer and professor Miro Cerar, won the election with over 34% of the vote and 36 seats. Seven political parties won seats in the National Assembly. Three political parties left the Assembly, including Zoran Janković's Positive Slovenia, the winner of the 2011 election, and the Slovenian People's Party, which failed to win a seat for the first time since the first elections in 1990. A leftist United Left party entered the Assembly for the first time, winning six seats. Background After the previous elections in 2011, a right-leaning five-party coalition government was formed, composed of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), Civic List (DL), Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS), Slovenian People's Party (SLS), and New Slovenia (NSi.)http://www.sloveniatimes.com/enter-the-political-year-of-the-dragon Enter the Political Year of the Dragon Slovenia Times Slovenian Press Agency 7 February 2012 30 January 2014 8 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308083444/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/enter-the-political-year-of-the-dragon live Janez Janša, the president of the SDS, became prime minister. Janša's government collapsed on 27 February 2013 after he was accused of corruption.http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/znotraj-dz-ja-jasna-podpora-zunaj-njega-odzivi-mesani/303371 Znotraj DZ-ja jasna podpora, zunaj njega odzivi mešani :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija 2014-01-30 2013-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203063200/http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/znotraj-dz-ja-jasna-podpora-zunaj-njega-odzivi-mesani/303371 live Janša was later sentenced to 2 years in prison, and fined €37,000.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22781752 BBC News – Ex-Slovenian PM Janez Jansa convicted of corruption BBC News 5 June 2013 2018-06-20 2018-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20181202155706/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22781752 live A new government was formed by Positive Slovenia (PS), the Social Democrats (SD), DL, and DeSUS.http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/optimizem-po-prvih-pogovorih-pri-bratuskovi/303366 Optimizem po prvih pogovorih pri Bratuškovi :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 27 February 2013 30 January 2014 2 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130302213722/http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/optimizem-po-prvih-pogovorih-pri-bratuskovi/303366 live PS leader Alenka Bratušek became prime minister. On 25 April 2014, congress of Pozitivna Slovenija was held in Brdo pri Kranju. The main agenda was the election of the next president of the party. Two candidates applied for the post: previous president Zoran Janković and the incumbent Alenka Bratušek. Coalition parties SD, DL and DeSUS threatened to leave the government if Jankovič were elected. Janković was indeed elected,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/26/slovenia-government-facing-collapse-pm-loses-leadership Slovenia government facing collapse as PM loses party leadership The Guardian Associated Press 26 April 2014 16 December 2016 25 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160725121830/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/26/slovenia-government-facing-collapse-pm-loses-leadership live triggering Bratušek's formal resignation as the PM on 5 May.http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/bratuskova-bo-danes-odstopila.html Bratuškova bo danes odstopila Delo.si 2014-05-03 2014-07-09 2014-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20140507040856/http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/bratuskova-bo-danes-odstopila.html live On 1 June 2014 president of Slovenia Borut Pahor announced the dissolution of the Assembly on 2 June and that the election would take place on 13 July. Pahor's decision to call the election during a summer month triggered some opposition from civil initiatives,Avtor Marko Kovačevič Vanessa Čokl http://nov.vecer.com/clanek.aspx?id=201406036033467 Večer: Prva pobuda proti julijskim volitvam: bi lahko bilo sporno Pahorjevo skrajšanje 30 dni? Nov.vecer.com 2014-07-09 dead https://archive.today/20140711063337/http://nov.vecer.com/clanek.aspx?id=201406036033467 2014-07-11 however, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia backed the election date.http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/volitve-bodo-13-julija-pahor-dvom-o-ustavnosti-moje-odlocitve-je-odpravljen/339113 Volitve bodo 13. julija. Pahor: Dvom o ustavnosti moje odločitve je odpravljen. :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2012-08-21 2014-07-09 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203029/http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/volitve-bodo-13-julija-pahor-dvom-o-ustavnosti-moje-odlocitve-je-odpravljen/339113 live http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/ustavno-sodisce-zavrglo-in-zavrnilo-pobude-volitve-bodo-13-julija.html Ustavno sodišče zavrglo in zavrnilo pobude: volitve bodo 13. julija Delo.si 2014-05-25 2014-07-09 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131403/http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/ustavno-sodisce-zavrglo-in-zavrnilo-pobude-volitve-bodo-13-julija.html live Several new political parties entered the election, including Party of Miro Cerar (SMC) which was formally established on 2 June,http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/cerar-s-svojo-stranko-na-predcasne-volitve/336445 Cerar s svojo stranko na predčasne volitve :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2013-05-15 2014-07-09 2015-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151104225413/http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/cerar-s-svojo-stranko-na-predcasne-volitve/336445 live and Alliance of Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB), a splinter party from Positive Slovenia, that was established on 31 May.http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zelim-da-ob-dveh-crkah-ne-vidite-le-mojega-imena-ampak-zacetnici-abecede/338236 "Želim, da ob dveh črkah ne vidite le mojega imena, ampak začetnici abecede" :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2014-05-31 2014-07-09 2014-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20140602231737/http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zelim-da-ob-dveh-crkah-ne-vidite-le-mojega-imena-ampak-zacetnici-abecede/338236 live United Left, Verjamem, and the Pirate Party took place for the first time in the European Parliament election on 25 May and participated in the national election as well.http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/zdruzena-levica-levica-je-ze-povezana.html Združena levica: Levica je že povezana 25 May 2014 Delo.si 2014-07-09 2014-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703014648/http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/zdruzena-levica-levica-je-ze-povezana.html live http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2014/06/igor_soltes.aspx Verjamem vložila kandidatno listo v vseh volilnih okrajih | Slovenija – Planet Siol.net 2014-06-19 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140722075847/http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2014/06/igor_soltes.aspx 2014-07-22 dead Solidarity Party agreed to enter the election together with Social Democrats,http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/sd-in-solidarnost-skupaj-na-volitve.html SD in Solidarnost skupaj na volitve 12 June 2014 Delo.si 2014-07-14 2014-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140617122654/http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/sd-in-solidarnost-skupaj-na-volitve.html live which earlier entered into an alliance with DeSUS, albeit with separate candidates lists.http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/desus-in-sd-v-socialdemokratski-blok-za-vse-generacije.html Desus in SD v »socialdemokratski blok za vse generacije« 5 June 2014 Delo.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230524/http://www.delo.si/novice/politika/desus-in-sd-v-socialdemokratski-blok-za-vse-generacije.html live Janez Janša began serving his two-year prison sentence on 20 June,http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/jansa-danes-odhaja-v-zapor.html FOTO IN VIDEO: Janša po zadnjem poljubu z Urško vkorakal v zapor na Dobu 24ur.com 2014-07-09 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714111913/http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/jansa-danes-odhaja-v-zapor.html live which, according to the media, influenced the campaign of his party.http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/o-jansi-tudi-nemski-faz-predvolilni-boj-bo-vodil-iz-zapora.html FOTO: Tuji mediji o razliki med Janšo pred 25 leti in danes: Nedeljene podpore ljudstva nima več 24ur.com 2014-07-09 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112016/http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/o-jansi-tudi-nemski-faz-predvolilni-boj-bo-vodil-iz-zapora.html live Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2014 Slovenian parliamentary election Results File:DZRS 2014.svg Modern Centre Party 301563 36 New Slovenian Democratic Party 181052 21 −5 Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 88968 10 +4 Social Democrats  52249 6 −4 United Left  52189 6 New New Slovenia 48846 5 +1 Alliance of Alenka Bratušek 38293 4 New Slovenian People's Party 34548 0 −6 Positive Slovenia 25975 0 −28 Slovenian National Party 19218 0 0 Pirate Party  11737 0 New Verjamem 6800 0 New Civic List  5556 0 −8 Greens of Slovenia 4629 0 0 Equal Land - Forward Slovenia 2125 0 0 Economically Liberal Party 458 0 New Party of Humane Slovenia 85 0 0 Orange Hungarian and Italian minorities 2 0 0 11569 1713067 Volitve Aftermath The Party of Miro Cerar (SMC) won a plurality in the election by a large margin with 36 seats. The only party that managed to win a higher percentage of the votes was Janez Drnovšek's Liberal Democracy of Slovenia at the 2000 election.http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/foto-prepricljiva-zmaga-smc-ja-le-malo-upanja-za-sls/341863 Foto: Prepričljiva zmaga SMC-ja, le malo upanja za SLS :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002713/http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/foto-prepricljiva-zmaga-smc-ja-le-malo-upanja-za-sls/341863 live Janša's Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) came second, losing 5 seats in comparison with the 2011 election. The difference between the first two parties turned out to be higher than most of opinion polls predicted. DeSUS placed third with 10 seats, the best result in party's history. United Left won 6 seats, with tracking polls showing gaining the momentum in the last days before the election. http://www.mladina.si/158428/zadnji-sesti-tracking-poll-mladinine-predvolilne-ankete/ Zadnji »tracking poll« Mladinine predvolilne ankete: zmaga Mira Cerarja in preboj malih strank Mladina.Si 2014-07-14 2016-11-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20161120003930/http://www.mladina.si/158428/zadnji-sesti-tracking-poll-mladinine-predvolilne-ankete/ live The Social Democrats lost 4 seats and obtained their worst election result.http://www.dnevnik.si/slovenija/drzavnozborske-volitve-v-stevilkah Državnozborske volitve v številkah (infografike) | Dnevnik Dnevnik.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20140716172142/http://www.dnevnik.si/slovenija/drzavnozborske-volitve-v-stevilkah live New Slovenia won an additional mandate and the Alliance of Alenka Bratušek managed to win 4 seats. The Slovenian People's Party, Positive Slovenia (the winner of the 2011 election), and Civic List all failed to retain seats in the Assembly. All other parties also failed to reach the 4% threshold. Turnout was slightly below 51%, the lowest since Slovenian independence.http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/neuradni-podatki-50-99-odstotna-volilna-udelezba/341820 Neuradni podatki: 50,99-odstotna volilna udeležba :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715004356/http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/neuradni-podatki-50-99-odstotna-volilna-udelezba/341820 live On the other hand, a record 3.9% of voters voted in the early election.http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/dvk-rekordna-udelezba-na-predcasnih-volitvah-3-90-odstotka-volivcev/341686 DVK: Rekordna udeležba na predčasnih volitvah – 3,90 odstotka volivcev :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140713203939/http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/dvk-rekordna-udelezba-na-predcasnih-volitvah-3-90-odstotka-volivcev/341686 live In accordance with the Constitution of Slovenia, two seats are allocated to the Italian and Hungarian national communities, with one representative given to each community. Members of the Italian community elected Roberto Battelli as their representative, and members of the Hungarian community elected László Göncz. They were the sole candidates.http://volitve.gov.si/dz2014/en/rezultati/izidi_skupnosti.html Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2014 Volitve.gov.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225000/http://volitve.gov.si/dz2014/en/rezultati/izidi_skupnosti.html live Following the results, Miro Cerar (the likely new Prime Minister http://www.mladina.si/158455/neuradni-rezultati-cerar-najverjetnejsi-novi-premier/ Neuradni rezultati: Cerar najverjetnejši novi premier Mladina.Si 2014-07-14 2014-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20140716195255/http://www.mladina.si/158455/neuradni-rezultati-cerar-najverjetnejsi-novi-premier/ live ) stated he perceives the large public support as a responsibility. He said he was open to enter coalition talks with all parties, except the SDS, which is "directly undermining the rule of legal institutions".http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/cerar-imamo-pooblastilo-za-preboj-iz-krize/341880 Cerar: Imamo pooblastilo za preboj iz krize :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2014-07-14 2014-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715004520/http://www.rtvslo.si/dz-volitve-2014/cerar-imamo-pooblastilo-za-preboj-iz-krize/341880 live Zvonko Černač of SDS said in his first reaction that the party considers the election result as illegitimate, since the party president was in prison for corruption after what SDS considered a politically motivated process.http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/volitve_2014/novice/2014/07/sds.aspx SDS poziva Pahorja, naj ponovno razpiše volitve (foto) | Volitve 2014 – Planet Siol.net 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140716031428/http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/volitve_2014/novice/2014/07/sds.aspx 2014-07-16 dead Karl Erjavec of DeSUS stated that the party is ready to enter the coalition talks and that they will protect the pension funds. United Left, which was positively surprised by their result, stated that they are willing to participate in a government, although they won't compromise on their political programme. Dejan Židan of the Social Democrats was disappointed with the results, saying he had expected SD to score higher. New Slovenia and ZaAB both perceived their results as a success. Franc Bogovič of the Slovenian People's Party was surprised by the fact that the party missed the required 4% of the vote, albeit only barely, and stated that he will not run for the party president at the congress. International media noted that the winner of the election is a political newcomer and that his success is "punishment by voters for the traditional parties, tarnished by corruption scandals and years of economic turmoil".Novak Marja https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election-idUSKBN0FH0Y320140713 Political novice wins power in Slovenia, hints at revisiting economic reform plan 13 July 2014 Reuters 2014-07-14 2016-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308073628/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election-idUSKBN0FH0Y320140713 live Cerar was seen as a politician untarnished by the corruption scandals.http://www.dw.de/exit-polls-cerar-wins-slovenia-parliamentary-elections/a-17782934 Exit polls: Cerar wins Slovenia parliamentary elections | News | DW.DE | 13.07.2014 DW.DE 2012-01-31 2014-07-14 2014-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120529/http://www.dw.de/exit-polls-cerar-wins-slovenia-parliamentary-elections/a-17782934 live Media also noted that Cerar opposes selling controlling stakes of strategic infrastructure, such as telecoms provider Telekom Slovenia and the international airport, Aerodrom Ljubljana, and stressed that one of his main tasks will be to reduce the national budget deficit. Croatian media drew parallels between Cerar and Drnovšek, hoping that Cerar will return political culture, tolerance, and mutual respect into Slovenian politics. http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/neki-ga-nazivaju-novim-drnovsekom-tko-je-miro-cerar/759926.aspx Neki ga nazivaju novim Drnovšekom: Tko je Miro Cerar? – Vijesti Index.hr 2014-07-09 2014-07-14 2014-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012514/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/neki-ga-nazivaju-novim-drnovsekom-tko-je-miro-cerar/759926.aspx live Jutarnji List saw the main reason for the defeat of SDS in the fact that the party has relied too much on the imprisoned party president. The Wall Street Journal stated that the most likely coalition partners would be the Social Democrats and DeSUSRousek Leos https://online.wsj.com/articles/recently-formed-center-left-party-wins-slovenian-parliamentary-election-1405273970 Recently Formed Center-Left Party Wins Slovenian Parliamentary Election – WSJ Wall Street Journal 13 July 2014 Online.wsj.com 2014-07-14 2014-07-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140726204114/http://online.wsj.com/articles/recently-formed-center-left-party-wins-slovenian-parliamentary-election-1405273970 live while Slovenian journal Finance suggested that the best coalition would be with the Social Democrats, New Slovenia, and ZaAB.http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/tuji-mediji-o-volitvah-v-sloveniji-zmagal-je-novinec/341937 Tuji mediji o volitvah v Sloveniji: Zmagal je novinec :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Rtvslo.si 2012-09-21 2014-07-14 2014-07-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715005332/http://www.rtvslo.si/svet/tuji-mediji-o-volitvah-v-sloveniji-zmagal-je-novinec/341937 live A coalition government of SMC, DeSUS and the Social Democrats was formed in September. 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