Exit polls show that Prime Minister Golob's group 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.
However, about an hour later, after 65 percent had been counted. votes, the Slovenian National Electoral Commission announced that the Slovenian Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Janez Jansza took first place with 29 seats. In second place with 28 percent. and 28 seats in parliament was the Freedom Movement of the current Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob. The coalition of the New Slovenia, Slovenian People's Party and Focus parties won nine seats, the Democrats and Social Democrats won six seats each, and the Left and Spring coalition and the Resni.ca civic movement won five seats each.
Elections in Slovenia. Before the vote, the Prime Minister issued a warning
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob warned ahead of the vote that the country's “democracy and sovereignty” could no longer be taken for granted. His opponent, three-time prime minister Janez Jansza, said the elections were tantamount to a “referendum on whether the nation can regain its state.”
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.
