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Legislative elections: National Assembly, 4-year term, 4% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Danilo Türk · Prime Minister: Borut Pahor (SD) · Government: SD, ZARES, LDS, DeSUS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2008 Seats 2004 Seats
Socialni Demokrati (SD)
Social Democrats
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1992
30,5% 29  10,2% 10
Slovenska Demokratska Stranka (SDS)
Slovenian Democratic Party
Liberal conservatism
 
EPP, CDI, IDU
1989
29,3% 28 29,1% 29
Zares (Z)
For Real
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LIo
2007
9,4% 9 - -
Demokratična Stranka Upokojencev Slovenije (DeSUS)
Democratic Pensioners' Party of Slovenia
Penioners' interests; Centrism
 
-
1990
 7,5% 7 4,0% 4
Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka (SNS)
Slovenian National Party
Nationalism; Radical right
 
-
1991
5,4% 5 6,3% 6
Slovenska Ljudska Stranka (SLS)
Slovenian People's Party
Conservatism; Christian democracy, Agrarianism EPP
1988
(orig. 1892)
5,2% 5 6,8% 7
Stranka Mladih - Zeleni Evrope (SMS)
Youth Party - European Greens
Green politics; Social liberalism
 
EGP, GG
2000
- 2,1% -
Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (LDS)
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1989
5,2% 5 22,8% 23
Nova Slovenija - Krščanska Ljudska Stranka (NSI)
New Slovenia - Christian People's Party
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
2000
 3,4% -  9,1% 9
Minorities - - - 2 - 2
Others - - 4,2% - 9,6% -
Total - - - 90 - 90
Turnout - - 63,1% 60,5%

 © 2008 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministry of Public Administration (http://volitve.gov.si). Archive: Elections 1990-2000.