Slovenian presidential election, 2017
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Presidential elections will be held in Slovenia on 22 October 2017. A potential run-off will be held at latest 21 days after the first round.
Under Slovenian Election Law, candidates for president require support of either:
Each political party can support only one candidate. In the election, the president is elected with a majority of the vote. If no candidate receives more than half of votes, the top two candidates meet in the second round of election.
The incumbent president Borut Pahor announced his intention to run for a second term in December 2016. A member of Social Democrats, he later stated he intends to run as an independent candidate. Pahor is seen as a clear frontrunner to win the election.
Milan Jazbec, Slovenian Ambassador to Macedonia, announced already in April that he would run as an independent candidate. Jazbec stated that his decision was based on a promise to the late Slovenian statesman France Bučar, that he would become actively involved with national politics. Due to lack of support, Jazbec dropped out of the race in September.
Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti, a former member of the National Assembly and the president of Slovenian National Party, announced he would run for office for the third time. Jelinčič previously ran in the 2002 election, where he finished 3rd with 8.49 % of the vote, and in the 2007 election, where he finished 4th - but with a significantly higher vote share, at 19.16 %.
Marjan Šarec, mayor of Kamnik, announced his candidacy in May. Before entering politics and serving two terms as a mayor, Šarec, who graduated from acting, was best known as a comedian. During his acting career, he imitated several famous people, including the second president of Slovenia, Janez Drnovšek. Nevertheless, Šarec stated his candidacy would be completely serious, as he took a break from his stage personas when he was elected mayor. Criticizing Pahor for treating the presidential function as a celebrity, Šarec is viewed as a potentially strong candidate. Backed by his party Lista Marjana Šarca - Naprej Kamnik, Šarec successfully collected the required 3000 votes of support.
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