At stake in this election:

• 90 seats in the National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Janez DRNOVSEK
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Anton ROP
• Assembly: Slovenia has a bicameral Slovenian Parliament (Parlament Slovenije) consisting of the National Council (Drzavni Svet) with 40 seats and the National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor) with 90 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
• In the National Council (Drzavni Svet) 40 members are elected by an electoral college to serve 4-year terms. In the National Assembly (Drzavni Zbor), 88 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 2 members are elected through a Borda Count system to serve 4-year terms.**

** In the PR tier, there are 8 multi-member constituencies of 11 seats each. Voters have the option to cast preference votes. There is a nationwide threshold of 4 percent. In addition, the two constituencies in which the Borda system is used are nationwide and reserved to Hungarian and Italian minorities, respectively.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) / Slovenska demokratska stranka
  • Leader: Janez JANSA
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 29
• Party: Liberal Democrats / Liberalna demokracija Slovenije (LDS)
  • Leader: Anton ROP
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 23
• Party: United List of Social Democrats (ZLSD) / Združena lista socialnih demokratov
  • Leader: Borut PAHOR
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 10
• Party: New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (NSi) / Nova Slovenija – Krščanska ljudska stranka or Nova Slovenija
  • Leader: Andrej BAJUK
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 9
• Party: Slovenian People's Party (SLS) / Slovenska ljudska stranka
  • Leader: Franci BUT
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 7
• Party: Slovenian National Party (SNS) / Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka
  • Leader: Zmago JELINCIC
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 6
• Party: Democratic Party of Retired (Persons) of Slovenia / Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije (DeSUS)
  • Leader: Anton ROUS
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 4
• Party: Others
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 2

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held in Slovenia on October 15, 2000.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,997,012 (2004)
• Registered Voters: 1,634,402 (2004)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,023,225 (2004)

·         Is Slovenia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Slovenia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (6 July 1992)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 11 (following the 2004 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 25 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Slovenia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Slovenia ratified CRPD: Yes (24 April 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 299,551 (est.)