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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 24 April 2022 to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly.[1][2]The ruling Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), led by prime minister Janez Jan\u0161a, conceded and was defeated by Robert Golob and his Freedom Movement (GS). New Slovenia (NSi) placed third, and was followed by the Social Democrats (SD) and The Left (Levica), both of which suffered some losses. The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia  and the Party of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek fell below the 4% electoral threshold and won no seats. Turnout stood at 70%, a substantial increase compared to previous two elections (52.63% in 2018 and 51.71% in 2014).[3] Internationally, the election has been described  as a defeat for Jan\u0161a and right-wing populism, Jan\u0161a being a supporter of former US president Donald Trump and an ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.[4][5]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Following the election, the Freedom Movement formed a three-party coalition government with the Social Democrats and The Left, with Robert Golob heading the 15th Government as the next prime minister.Table of ContentsElectoral system[edit]Campaign[edit]Parties and coalitions[edit]Other parties[edit]Parties that fulfill the criteria[edit]Opinion polls[edit]Results[edit]Aftermath[edit]References[edit]Electoral system[edit]The 90 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods. 88 are elected by open list proportional representation in eight 11-seat constituencies and seats are allocated to the parties at the constituency level using the Droop quota. The elected Deputies are identified by ranking all of a party’s candidates in a constituency by the percentage of votes they received in their district. The seats that remain unallocated are allocated to the parties at the national level using the D’Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 4%.[6] Although the country is divided into 88 electoral districts, deputies are not elected from all 88 districts. More than one deputy is elected in some districts, which results in some districts not having an elected deputy (for instance, 21 of 88 electoral districts did not have an elected deputy in the 2014 elections).[7] Parties must have at least 35% of their lists from each gender, except in cases where there are only three candidates. For these lists, there must be at least one candidate of each gender.[8][9]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Two additional deputies are elected by the Italian and Hungarian minorities. Voters rank all of the candidates on the ballot paper using numbers (1 being highest priority). A candidate is awarded the most points (equal to the number of candidates on the ballot paper) when a voter ranks them first. The candidate with most points wins.[10][6]Campaign[edit]President Borut Pahor signed a decree for the election to be held on 24 April 2022. Pahor explained that he will nominate a prime minister based on the composition of the parliament, requesting leaders of parliamentary groups to put forward at least 46 signatures.[11]Prime Minister Janez Jan\u0161a tested positive for COVID-19 on the same day.[12]Following the decision of the ECtHR in The Committee for the organization and registration of the Romanian Communist Party v. Romania case in which the ECtHR confirmed Romania’s decision to refuse to register a political party that did not distance itself from the former communist regime, Vili Kova\u010di\u010d asked the Constitutional Court to decide on the constitutionality of The Left’s program and actions of The Left and Social Democrats. The latter is the legal successor of the League of Communists of Slovenia.[13] The Constitutional Court rejected Vili Kova\u010di\u010d’s proposal to decide on constitutionality of The Left’s program and actions of The Left and Social Democrats as groundless.[14]Aleksandra Pivec submitted 1500 signatures to support Our Country’s candidate lists. She also stated that MPs Branko Simonovi\u010d and Ivan Hr\u0161ak of DeSUS may join her party.[15] DeSUS and LIDE decided to form a joint candidate lists for the election.[16]Karl Erjavec, former leader of DeSUS, said in an interview that DeSUS is a failed party and that connecting with LIDE will not have a positive effect in the election. He was critical of the DeSUS MPs and Igor Zor\u010di\u010d, who did not support the vote of no confidence after which Erjavec would become prime minister. He added, that he might re-enter politics, but not through DeSUS, and that he has several offers from other parties.[17] The LIDE party authorized party president Igor Zor\u010di\u010d to form a joint list of candidates with DeSUS and the LDS.[18] Later LIDE announced that it would not participate in the election. DeSUS did not want broader coalition with other parties and therefore rejected an agreement offered by LIDE. LIDE’s leader Igor Zor\u010di\u010d stated that party will skip parliamentary election and focus on presidential and local elections, which will be held later this year.[19] DeSUS announced that it will run in the elections on its own after refusing to form a joint list with the LIDE.[20]The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption announced that it had not found any violations regarding the vacations of Prime Minister Janez Jan\u0161a with some businessmen and stopped the investigation.[21] After the investigation of the procurement of protective equipment in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK) found a violation of the integrity by the Minister of the Economy Zdravko Po\u010dival\u0161ek. Po\u010dival\u0161ek stated that he will not resign and that the KPK’s opinion tells more about the KPK itself.[22]Robert Golob found himself under police investigation after he was accused of receiving too high a salary as a CEO of the state-owned GEN-I and therefore violating the so-called “Lahkovnik” Act, which regulates the salaries of management bodies of state-owned companies.[23]Speaker Igor Zor\u010di\u010d, former member of the Modern Centre Party, founded a new party called Liberal Democrats.[24]Robert Golob, former State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy in Prime Minister Drnov\u0161ek’s cabinet and CEO of GEN-i, was elected president of the Green Actions Party, renaming it to the Freedom Movement. Igor Zor\u010di\u010d announced that the Liberal Democrats will not form a coalition with the Freedom Movement, which was a mutual decision of both parties. Allegedly, Freedom Movement’s leader Golob only offered Zor\u010di\u010d to be a candidate on his party’s candidate list, and not a joint list.[25] Whistleblower Ivan Gale became president of the Our Future party, and former European Commissioner Violeta Bulc was elected vice president.[26] Smiljan Mekicar of Good Country party confirmed that they will form a joint list with Gale’s Our Future party and some other parties and lists.[27]RTV Slovenia, the public broadcaster, rejected Freedom Movement’s request to recognize them as a parliamentary party.[28]RTV Slovenia recognized Aleksandra Pivec’s Our Country party as a parliamentary party, which by law allows it to participate in electoral debates with other parliamentary parties. RTV Slovenia recognized Our Country as the successor to DeSUS, because Aleksandra Pivec was elected president of DeSUS, but then resigned and founded a new party, which was joined by several former members of DeSUS. According to RTV Slovenia, the situation was the same as in the case of the Alliance of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek before the 2014 elections. Alenka Bratu\u0161ek was elected president of Positive Slovenia, then resigned and founded a new party, which included several members of Positive Slovenia. RTV Slovenia granted the Alliance of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek parliamentary status.[29] Freedom Movement was granted parliamentary status after it won a suit against RTV Slovenia for political discrimination.[30]Parties and coalitions[edit]The following parties and lists have seats in the current National Assembly before the election:Other parties[edit]Parties that fulfill the criteria[edit]XConstituency with submitted list of candidatesRejected list of candidatesOpinion polls[edit]Results[edit]The turnout in the vote was 70%, according to the electoral commission. Experts said that was well above the national average. Peter Mer\u0161e, a political analyst, said; “The biggest winner is of course the Freedom Movement. Slovenia is once again experimenting with new faces, with people we have hardly even heard of before.”[33] The voter turnout at early election, that took place from 19 to 21 April, was 7.67%, which was the record turnout for early voting both in election and referendums.[34]PartyVotes%Seats+\/\u2013Freedom Movement410,76934.4541NewSlovenian Democratic Party279,89723.4827+2New Slovenia \u2013 Christian Democrats81,7946.868+1Social Democrats79,7096.697\u20133The Left53,2344.465\u20134List of Marjan \u0160arec44,4013.720\u201313Let’s Connect Slovenia40,6123.410\u201310Resni.ca34,1072.860NewParty of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek31,1172.610\u20135Healthy Society Movement\u00a0[sl]21,0211.760NewOur Future\u00a0[sl] and Good State20,2791.7000Pirate Party19,4801.6300Our Country17,8461.500NewSlovenian National Party17,7361.490\u20134Vesna \u2013 Green Party16,0891.350NewFor the People of Slovenia\u00a0[sl]8,3400.700NewDemocratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia7,8400.660\u20135List of Boris Popovi\u010d \u2013 Let’s Digitize Slovenia\u00a0[sl]5,1740.430NewHomeland League2,1170.180NewLiberate Slovenia Alliance5630.050NewUnited Slovenia Movement\u00a0[sl]1680.0100Italian and Hungarian national minorities20Total1,192,293100.00900Valid votes1,192,29399.08Invalid\/blank votes11,0800.92Total votes1,203,373100.00Registered voters\/turnout1,695,77170.96Source: [1]Aftermath[edit]The Freedom Movement led by Robert Golob, a former executive of a state-owned energy company, won 41 seats. It had campaigned on a transition to green energy, an open society and the rule of law. The Slovenian Democratic Party of incumbent prime minister Janez Jan\u0161a finished second and won 27 seats. New Slovenia \u2013 Christian Democrats finished third and won 8 seats, followed by the Social Democrats with 7 seats and The Left with 5 seats. Golob, speaking to party headquarters via video link, declared victory and thanked his celebrating supporters for the historical turnout. On the other hand, prime minister Jan\u0161a addressing his supporters conceded defeat and said: “The results are what they are. Congratulations to the relative winner.”[5]Luka Mesec, the coordinator of The Left, announced that he would offer to resign as the party coordinator.[35]In Slovenia, political analysts commented that many people voted for Golob because he was seen as the most likely candidate to win against Jan\u0161a’s government, and tactical voting took place. The result came at the expense of the two opposition parties, the List of Marjan \u0160arec and the Party of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek, both of which failed to secure seats in the National Assembly.[36] Freedom Movement won the highest number of seats for a single party in the elections since the independence of Slovenia. The number of parties that won seats (five) was the smallest elected to the legislature in the same time period; for comparison, nine parties were elected in 2018. Commentators mentioned that Golob, previously a successful businessman, is a newcomer to the office, and that there are still several unknowns about the party priorities. They also mentioned that he may lack qualified people to take the offices.[36][4] Luka Lisjak Gabrijel\u010di\u010d of Delo saw the result more like a defeat for Jan\u0161a than a win for Golob, and added that the election in Slovenia would be internationally seen as a footnote in the fight against right-wing populism, as the world was mostly focused on the bigger election of the day, the 2022 French presidential election.[37]International media saw the relative victory of the Freedom Movement as a defeat of right-wing populism of Jan\u0161a’s government, and commented that Jan\u0161a was a supporter of the former US president Donald Trump and an ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.[4][5] In Croatia, the news portal Index commented that Golob embodies the values of the late Prime Minister and President Janez Drnov\u0161ek, and that a scenario where a political newcomer wins the election cannot happen in Croatia.[38]In order to form a government, Euronews reported that Freedom Movement is expected to form a coalition with “smaller centre-left groups”.[39] Prior to election, Golob suggested that he could cooperate with the existing opposition parties. Both Social Democrats and The Left lost seats but were considered likely coalition partners, with possible collaboration with the List of Marjan \u0160arec and the Party of Alenka Bratu\u0161ek discussed prior to the elections as well.[36] In early reactions, Golob stated that he does not exclude working with the Slovenian Democratic Party and New Slovenia on some projects, but added that the projects requiring a constitutional majority are not the top priority at the moment.[35] After meeting with Golob two days after the election, President Borut Pahor stated that he planned to appoint a new government led by Golob in late May, with coalition talks with the Social Democrats and The Left due to start the week after the meeting.[40]On 11 May, Robert Golob told reporters that the Freedom Movement had agreed to form a government with both the Social Democrats and The Left, with the goal of creating a cabinet of “experienced personalities and enthusiastic experts”.[41] On 25 May, the National Assembly voted in Robert Golob as the new prime minister, heading the 15th Government of Slovenia. 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