2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

21 September 2008

88 of the 90 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout63.10% ( 2.46 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Borut Pahor Janez Janša Gregor Golobič
Party SD SDS Zares
Last election 10 seats 29 seats New
Seats won 29 28 9
Seat change 19 1 New
Popular vote 320,248 307,735 98,526
Percentage 30.45% 29.26% 9.37%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Karl Erjavec Zmago Jelinčič Bojan Šrot
Party DeSUS SNS SLS
Last election 4 seats 6 seats 7 seats
Seats won 7 5 5
Seat change 3 1 2
Popular vote 78,353 56,832 54,809
Percentage 7.45% 5.40% 5.21%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Katarina Kresal
Party LDS
Last election 23 seats
Seats won 5
Seat change 18
Popular vote 54,771
Percentage 5.21%

Prime Minister before election

Janez Janša
SDS

Prime Minister after election

Borut Pahor
SD

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. Seventeen parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties. A plurality of seats was won by the Social Democrats, which subsequently formed a coalition government together with Zares, the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.