At stake in this election:

• 90 seats in the National Assembly (Državni Zbor)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Danilo TURK
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Borut PAHOR
• Assembly: Slovenia has a bicameral Parliament (Parlament) consisting of the National Council (Državni Svet) with 40 seats and the National Assembly (Državni Zbor) with 90 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
• In the National Council (Državni Svet) 40 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms*. In the National Assembly (Državni 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.**

* This is a mainly advisory body based on corporatist principles with limited legislative powers. It may propose laws, ask to review any National Assembly decisions, and call national referenda. 4 members represent business ownership associations, 4 represent trade unions, 2 represent farmers, 1 represents crafts and trades, 1 represents "independent professions," and 6 represent "non-commercial" interests. These include 1 representative each from the following fields: university students, teaching, professional research, culture/sport, health care, and social work. Finally, electoral colleges in each of 22 local constituencies elect members representing their respective constituencies. These electoral colleges include 1 member per municipality and 1 more member per additional 5,000 residents. Choice of electoral rules is reserved to the electoral colleges.

** 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 this Election:

• Retired People of Slovenia/Demokraticna Stranka Upokojencev Slovenije
  • ​Seats won in last election: 7
• Citizen's Alliance/Drzavljanska Lista Gregorja Viranta
  • ​Seats won in last election: 0
• Liberal Democracy of Slovenia/Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije
  • ​Seats won in last election: 5
• Positive Slovenia/Lista Zorana Jankovica - Pozitivna Slovenija
  • ​Seats won in last election: 0
• New Slovenia - Christian People's Party/Nova Slovenija - Krscanska Ljudska Stranka
  • ​Seats won in last election: 0
• Social Democrats/Socialni Demokrati 
  • Seats won in last election: 29
• Slovenian People's Party/Slovenska Ljudska Stranka
  • ​Seats won in last election: 5
• Slovenian National Party/Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka
  • ​Seats won in last election: 5

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 2,052,843 (2011)
• Registered voters: 1,709,692 (2011)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,034,587 (2011)

·         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: 29 (following the 2011 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: 307,926 (est.)