Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 23 October 2022.[1] Incumbent President Borut Pahor was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits.[2]
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As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two placing candidates, former foreign minister Anže Logar, an SDS member running as an independent, and independent former Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar, took place on 13 November 2022. Pirc Musar won the runoff with 53.86% of the vote, becoming the first female president of Slovenia.[3][4]
Logar acknowledged his defeat and congratulated Pirc Musar on her victory.[5]
Important dates
edit| Date | Election task |
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| 20 July 2022 | President of the National Assembly announces elections |
| 22 August 2022 | Day the electoral tasks start |
| 22 September 2022 | Start of the official campaign |
| 28 September 2022 | Deadline for submitting candidacies |
| 3 October 2022 | Last day for withdrawing from the candidature |
| 21 October 2022 | Start of the electoral silence at midnight |
| 23 October 2022 | Election day |
| 13 November 2022 | Second round |
Electoral system
editThe President of Slovenia is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, the top two candidates contest a runoff.[6]
Under Slovenia's election law, candidates for president are required to meet one of three criteria:
- The support of ten members of the National Assembly
- The support of one or more political parties and either three members of the National Assembly or signatures from 3,000 voters
- Signatures from 5,000 voters
Each political party could support only one candidate.
Candidates
edit- Nataša Pirc Musar is a former president of the Slovenian Red Cross, a prominent human rights lawyer and was head of the data protection agency..[7] She stands for a center-left government and a pro-European Union policy.[7] In view of Russo-Ukrainian War, she believed that Russia broke international law.[7] Pirc Musar ran as an independent, but her campaign was supported by two former presidents, Milan Kučan and Danilo Türk[8] as well as the Pirate party.[8]
- Anže Logar was a longtime member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) and a former Foreign Minister. He chose to officially be an independent candidate which was viewed as a distancing himself from the ousted government.[9]
- Milan Brglez was a candidate of the Social Democrats (SD) supported by the Freedom Movement,[10] and incumbent prime minister Robert Golob.[11]
Advanced to runoff
edit| Candidate name, age, political party |
Candidate of | # | Political offices | Campaign | Registration date | Ref. | |||
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| Anže Logar (48) Independent |
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SDS | 2 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
22 Sep 2022 | [12] | ||
| SLS | |||||||||
| Nataša Pirc Musar (56) Independent |
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Pirati | 5 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
22 Sep 2022 | [17] | ||
| SMS–Z | |||||||||
Did not advance to runoff
edit| Candidate name, age, political party |
Candidate of | No. | Political offices | Campaign | Registration date | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Brglez (57) SD |
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SD | 1 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
29 Sep 2022 | [20] | ||
| GS | |||||||||
| Janez Cigler Kralj (45) N.Si |
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N.Si | 3 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
22 Sep 2022 | [22] | ||
| Miha Kordiš (35) Levica |
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Levica | 4 |
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 (Campaign) |
29 Sep 2022 | [25] | ||
| Vladimir Prebilič (50) Independent |
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Vesna | 6 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
22 Sep 2022 | [27] | ||
| Sabina Senčar (54) Resni.ca |
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Resni.ca | 7 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
29 Sep 2022 | [31] | ||
| ZLS | |||||||||
Opinion polls
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First round
edit| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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Undecided | Abstain | Lead |
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| Brglez SD |
Logar Ind. |
Cigler Kralj N.Si |
Kordiš Levica |
Pirc Musar Ind. |
Prebilič Ind. |
Senčar Resni.ca | ||||||
| Election results | 23 October 2022 | — | 15.5 | 34.0 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 26.9 | 10.6 | 5.9 | — | — | 7.1 |
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 18–21 Oct 2022 | 1,989 | 12.3 | 24.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 3.4 |
| Mediana/POP TV/Delo | 17–19 Oct 2022 | 824 | 17.3 | 30.1 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 20.5 | 10.7 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| Parsifal/Nova24TV | 10–14 Oct 2022 | 705 | 10.7 | 27.1 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 19.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 16.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
| Ninamedia/Večer/Dnevnik | 10–13 Oct 2022 | 1,000 | 18.6 | 31.7 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 19.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | – | – | 11.9 |
| Mediana/Delo/POP TV | 3–6 Oct 2022 | 719 | 15.3 | 23.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 20.4 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 13.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 28–30 Sep 2022 | 1,547 | 12.1 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 19.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 15.7 | 8.7 | 1.8 |
| Ninamedia/Dnevnik/Večer | 28–29 Sep 2022 | 1,000 | 18.9 | 28.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 23.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 16.6 | – | 4.6 |
| Ninamedia/Mladina | 27 Sep 2022 | 500 | 18.9 | 27.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 23.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 21.7 | 1.6 | 4.0 |
Second round
edit| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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| Logar Ind. |
Pirc Musar Ind. |
Logar Ind. |
Brglez SD |
Pirc Musar Ind. |
Brglez SD | |||||
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 9–11 Nov 2022 | 1860 | 44.0 | 56.0 | – | – | ||||
| Ninamedia/Dnevnik/Večer | 7–10 Nov 2022 | 1150 | 48.8 | 51.2 | – | – | ||||
| Mediana/POP TV/Delo | 7–9 Nov 2022 | 718 | 44.6 | 51.7 | – | – | ||||
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 2–4 Nov 2022 | 1,019 | 34.2 | 43.5 | – | – | ||||
| Ninamedia/Mladina | 27–29 Oct 2022 | 700 | 38.7 | 61.3 | – | – | ||||
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 18–21 Oct 2022 | 1,989 | 36.5 | 42.5 | 39.0 | 37.4 | 36.1 | 30.2 | ||
| Mediana/POP TV/Delo | 17–19 Oct 2022 | 824 | 42.4 | 44.4 | 45.2 | 43.7 | 34.4 | 38.3 | ||
| Parsifal/Nova24TV | 10–14 Oct 2022 | 705 | 49.2 | 45.1 | 50.2 | 40.5 | – | |||
| Ninamedia/Večer/Dnevnik | 10–13 Oct 2022 | 1,000 | 39.6 | 37.3 | 41.3 | 33.6 | – | |||
| Valicon/RTV Slovenija | 29–30 Sep 2022 | 1,547 | 33.9 | 40.7 | 37.0 | 32.0 | 33.7 | 29.4 | ||
| Ninamedia/Dnevnik/Večer | 28–29 Sep 2022 | 1,000 | 40.8 | 41.6 | 41.7 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 33.7 | ||
Results
editIn the first round Anže Logar received 34% of the voter share against 27% for Nataša Pirc Musar.[11] Milan Brglez was third with around 15%.[11] For the second round Golob then turned his support to Pirc Musar.[11]
In the run-off, independent Pirc Musar was expected to win since August 2022.[34] Logar also ran as an independent, but was a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), which lost parliamentary elections six months prior.[35] Logar is therefore associated with Janša, who was accused with attempting to restrict the freedom of expression and undermine the independence of the judiciary during his term in office.[35]
In the evening of 13 November 2022, the electoral commission reported that Pirc Musar won with nearly 54% of the vote, after which Logar conceded defeat and congratulated Pirc Musar on her victory.[36] Pirc Musar will become Slovenia's first female president, commander-in-chief of the Slovenian Army and also be responsible for appointing the head of the Central Bank of Slovenia.[37]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Anže Logar | Independent | 296,000 | 33.95 | 414,029 | 46.11 | |
| Nataša Pirc Musar | Independent | 234,361 | 26.88 | 483,812 | 53.89 | |
| Milan Brglez | Social Democrats | 134,726 | 15.45 | |||
| Vladimir Prebilič | Independent | 92,456 | 10.60 | |||
| Sabina Senčar | Resni.ca | 51,767 | 5.94 | |||
| Janez Cigler Kralj | New Slovenia | 38,113 | 4.37 | |||
| Miha Kordiš | The Left | 24,518 | 2.81 | |||
| Total | 871,941 | 100.00 | 897,841 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 871,941 | 99.47 | 897,841 | 98.87 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,625 | 0.53 | 10,224 | 1.13 | ||
| Total votes | 876,566 | 100.00 | 908,065 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,694,437 | 51.73 | 1,694,373 | 53.59 | ||
| Source: Volitve | ||||||
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