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Election Profile:

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  • Country: Slovenia
  • Official Name: Republic of Slovenia
  • Election Type: Presidential
  • First Round: November 10, 2002
    Second Round: December 1, 2002
Source for election date

At stake in this election:

  • The office of President of Slovenia

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Milan KUCAN
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Janez DRNOVSEK
  • Assembly: Slovenia has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor) with 90 seats and the National Council (Drzavni Svet).

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
  • In the National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor) 90 members are elected by popular vote to serve 4-year terms*. In the National Council (Drzavni Svet) members are elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms.**

* 40 seats are directly elected and 50 are selected on a proportional basis; Note - the numbers of directly elected and proportionally elected seats varies with each election.

** This is primarily an advisory body organized on corporatist principles with limited legislative powers; it may propose laws, ask to review any National Assembly decisions, and call national referenda;

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

  • Janez DRNOVŠEK
    Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDS)
  • Barbara BREZIGAR
    Party: (SDS) and New Slovenia Party (Nsi)

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

  • Janez DRNOVŠEK*
    Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDS)
  • *Barbara BREZIGAR
    Party: (SDS) and New Slovenia Party (Nsi)
  • Zmago Jelinèiè PLEMENITI
    Party: Slovenia Nationalist Party (SNS)
  • France ARHAR
    Party: Independent candidate
  • Franc BUCAR
    Party: Independent candidate
  • Lev KREFT
    Party: (ZLSD) / United List of Social Democrats
  • Anton BEBLER
    Party: Independent (but is backed by the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia)
  • Gorazd DREVENSEK
    Party: New Party
  • Jure CEKUTA
    Party: Independent candidate

* DRNOVŠEK & BREZIGAR advanced to the second round on December 1st.

Last Presidential election:

  • The last presidential election in Slovenia was on November 24, 1997. KUCAN received 56% of the vote.

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 1,930,132 (July 2001 est.)
  • Registered Voters: 1,606,614 ( 2002 )

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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