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Slovenian parliamentary election, 2018

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All 90 seats to the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Janez Janša Marjan Šarec Dejan Židan Party SDS LMŠ SD Last election 21 seats – 6 seats Seats won 25 13 10 Seat change 4 New 4 Percentage 24.92% 12.60% 9.93%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Miro Cerar Luka Mesec Matej Tonin Party SMC The Left NSi Last election 36 seats 6 seats (as ZL) 5 seats Seats won 10 9 7 Seat change 26 3 2 Percentage 9.75% 9.33% 7.16%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Alenka Bratušek Karl Erjavec Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti Party SAB DeSUS SNS Last election 4 seats (as ZaAB) 10 seats 0 seats Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 5 4 Percentage 5.11% 4.93% 4.17%
Prime Minister before election Miro Cerar SMC Elected Prime Minister TBD

Miro Cerar
SMC

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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 3 June 2018. The elections were originally expected to be held on 10 June 2018, but after the resignation of Prime Minister Miro Cerar on 14 March 2018 all parties called for snap elections. They were the third consecutive snap elections after 2011 and 2014.

On 14 March 2018, Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia delivered a judgement regarding the railway referendum, held in 2017 on the construction of a second railway connection from Koper to Divača. In the judgement, the court annulled the results and ordered a new vote. The railway link was the biggest project of the Cerar cabinet.

Later that day, Prime Minister Cerar announced that he would resign from the post at a press conference following a cabinet meeting. Cerar explained that he had resigned due to bad relations within the coalition between the Social Democrats (SD) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) following a decision of the Supreme Court earlier that day, which he stated would slow down the infrastructural development of Slovenia due to strikes and demands of public sector trade unions. The following day, he sent his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly. Cerar was the second consecutive Prime Minister after Alenka Bratušek to resign. The two previous Prime Ministers, Janez Janša (2012–2013) and Borut Pahor (2008–2012), were removed from the office by vote of no confidence, meaning that Janša's first term in office (2004–2008) remains the most recently completed full term in office.

After the resignation of a prime minister, a new candidate can be nominated by the president. However, President Borut Pahor announced after a meeting with Cerar that he would not nominate anyone for the post. Members of the National Assembly also announced that they will not nominate a candidate, and called for early elections.

According to the Constitution, regularly scheduled elections should have been held no sooner than two months and no later than 15 days before the expiry of four years from the first session of current National Assembly. Elections were therefore expected to be held between 1 June and 15 July 2018. Following the resignation of Cerar, elections were held on 3 June 2018.

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