At Stake in this Election:        

• The Office of the President of the Republic of Slovenia 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Borut PAHOR 

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert GOLOB 

• Assembly: Bicameral Parliament with a 90-member National Assembly and a 40-member National Council 

Electoral System: 

• The President is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a term of five years, with a maximum of two consecutive terms. The election is held in a two-round system, where if no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the top two candidates compete in a run-off. 

• The Prime Minister is nominated by the President and elected by a simple majority of the National Assembly. 

• The 90 members of the National Assembly are elected to a four-year term. 88 are elected by all citizens using proportional representation, while the other two are elected by voters registered as Hungarian or Italian.  

• The 40 members of the National Council are elected to a five-year term. They are not elected by the people but appointed to represent interest groups. It consists of 22 representatives of local interests, 6 representatives of non-commercial activities, 4 representatives of employers, 4 of employees, 4 representatives of farmers, crafts, trades and independent professionals. 

Main Candidates in this Election:  

• Anže LOGAR 

• Party: Slovenian Democratic Party 

• Nataša PIRC MUSAR 

• Party: Independent 

• Vladimir PREBILIČ 

• Party: Independent 

• Milan BRGLEZ 

• Party: Social Democrats and Freedom Party 

• Janez CIGLER KRALJ 

• Party: New Slovenia – Christian Democrats 

• Miha KORDIŠ 

• Party: The Left 

• Sabina SENČAR 

• Party: Resni.ca 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 2,101,208 (2022 est.)¹ 

• Registered Voters: 1,695,796 (2022)² 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 1,053,204 (2022 est.)³ 

• Is Slovenia a signatory to CEDAW: No 

• Has Slovenia ratified CEDAW: Yes (Succession) (06 Jul 1992)⁴ 

• Gender Quota: Yes, each candidate list must have at least 35% of each gender.⁵ 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 36 out of 90 in the National Assembly (40%); 4 out of 40 in the National Council (10%)⁶ 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 23 at 0.918 (2022)⁷ 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low at 0.0037 (2014)⁸ 

Disability Data: 

• Is Slovenia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 Mar 2007)⁹ 

• Has Slovenia ratified CRPD: Yes (24 Apr 2008)¹⁰ 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Slovenia: No  

  

1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/#people-and-society

2. https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/264/40

3. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/slovenia/#people-and-society 

4. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

5. https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/264/35 

6. https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=9&year=2022 

7. https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/SVN 

8. https://www.genderindex.org/country/slovenia-2014-results/

9. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

10. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en