2026-03-22 19:34
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2026-03-22 19:34
The Freedom Movement of Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob won the largest number of votes during Sunday's parliamentary elections in Slovenia – according to exit polls published by the “Delo” daily portal.
Prime Minister Golob's party won 30 seats in the 90-seat National Assembly of Slovenia, and in second place was the Slovenian Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Janez Jansza with 27 seats – according to the exit poll.
According to the poll, the right-wing New Slovenia party, the Social Democrats, the social democratic Left, the Green Spring, the center-right Democrats and the Resni.ca civic movement will also enter parliament.
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob warned ahead of the vote that the country's “democracy and sovereignty” could no longer be taken for granted. Jego kontrkandydat, trzykrotny premier Janez Jansza powiedział, że wybory są równoznaczne z „referendum w sprawie tego, czy naród może odzyskać swoje państwo”.
Sunday's elections were the tenth in the history of Slovenia, independent since 1991. By 4 p.m., 859,909 voters, i.e. 50.73 percent, had cast their votes. with approximately 1.7 million citizens entitled to vote.
Polling stations were open from 7 to 19. Slovenians elected 90 deputies to the National Assembly, of which 88 deputies are elected in a proportional system in eight electoral districts, and two additional seats are reserved for the Italian and Hungarian national minorities. (PAP)
