Slovenian parliamentary election, 2011

Slovenian parliamentary election, 2011

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All 90 seats to the National Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Zoran Janković Janez Janša Borut Pahor Party PS SDS SD Last election New 28 seats, 29.3% 29 seats, 30.5% Seats won 28 26 10 Seat change New 2 19 Popular vote 314,273 288,719 115,952 Percentage 28.51% 26.19% 10.52%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gregor Virant Karl Erjavec Radovan Žerjav Party LGV DeSUS SLS Last election New 7 seats, 7.45% 5 seats, 5.21% Seats won 8 6 6 Seat change New 1 1 Popular vote 92,282 76,853 75,311 Percentage 8.37% 6.97% 6.83%   Seventh party   Leader Ljudmila Novak Party NSi Last election 0 seats, 3.40% Seats won 4 Seat change 4 Popular vote 53,758 Percentage 4.88%
Prime Minister before election Borut Pahor SD Prime Minister Janez Janša SDS

Borut Pahor
SD

Janez Janša
SDS

A parliamentary election for the 90 deputies to the National Assembly of Slovenia was held on 4 December 2011. This was the first early election in Slovenia's history. 65.60% of voters cast their vote. The election was surprisingly won by the center-left Positive Slovenia party, led by Zoran Janković. However, he failed to be elected as the new Prime Minister in the National Assembly, and the new government was formed by a right-leaning coalition of five parties, led by Janez Janša, the president of the second-placed Slovenian Democratic Party.

The National Assembly consists of 90 members, elected for a four-year term, 88 members elected by the party-list proportional representation system with D'Hondt method and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians and Hungarians) using the Borda count.

The election was previously scheduled to take place in 2012, four years after the 2008 election. However, on 20 September 2011, the government led by Borut Pahor fell after a vote of no confidence.

As stated in the Constitution, the National Assembly has to elect a new Prime Minister within 30 days and a candidate has to be proposed by either members of the Assembly or the President of the country within seven days after the fall of a government. If this does not happen, the president dissolves the Assembly and calls for a snap election. The leaders of most parliamentary political parties expressed opinion that they preferred an early election instead of forming a new government.

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