European Parliament election, 2014 (Slovenia)

European Parliament election in Slovenia, 2014

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All 8 Slovenian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	24.55%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Milan Zver Lojze Peterle Igor Šoltes Party SDS NSi–SLS Verjamem Alliance EPP EPP Greens–EFA Last election 26.66 % 16.58 % New Party Seats before 3 1 New Party Seats after 3 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 99.643 66.760 41.525 Percentage 24.78 % 16.60 % 10.33 % Swing 1.88 % 0.02 % 10.33 %   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ivo Vajgl Igor Lukšič Party DeSUS SD Alliance ALDE PES Last election 7.18 % Seats before 0 2 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 32.662 32.484 Percentage 8.12% 8.08 % Swing 3.78 % 10.35 %

European Parliament elections were held in Slovenia on 25 May 2014. It was the first in the series of three elections held in the 2014, and the major test leading up to the parliamentary elections in July. The political atmosphere was in a crisis that started with the fall of Borut Pahor's government, then Janez Janša's government in 2013, the latter coming after Janša was accused of corruption. The cabinet of Alenka Bratušek was breaking up, as the former leader of the Positive Slovenia Zoran Janković, who was under the suspicion of corruption, announced his candidature for party president, even though the coalition parties threatened to leave the government if he was to be elected, which later he was.

The main characteristic of the elections was the participation of several new parties, founded during the recent years of crisis. Verjamem was among the last parties to be founded before the elections, and surprisingly finished in third place, winning one seat in the European Parliament.

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

The election was severely won by the right pole parties, winning 5 of the 8 seats for the European People's Party (EPP). Igor Šoltes won one seat for the The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA), whose member the party became after the election. Ivo Vajgl won a seat for the new Slovenian European party Democratic Party of Pensioners (DeSUS), which became member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, after election in the European Parliament. The leader of the Social Democrats (SD) Igor Lukšič, was not elected in the parliament even though he was the president of the party and its main candidate. He was beaten by Tanja Fajon by preferential voting with 11.691 against 6.882 votes for her party colleague.

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