2022 Slovenian presidential election

2022 Slovenian presidential election
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Nominee Nataša Pirc Musar Anže Logar
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 483,812 414,029
Percentage 53.89% 46.11%
President before election

Borut Pahor
Independent

Elected President

Nataša Pirc Musar
Independent

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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]

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

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Date Election task
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

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The 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

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  • 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]

Advanced to runoff

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Candidate name, age,
political party 		Candidate of # Political offices Campaign Registration date Ref.
Anže Logar (48)
Independent 		Anže Logar SDS 2
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [12]​[13]​[14]​[15]​[16]
SLS
Nataša Pirc Musar (56)
Independent 		Nataša Pirc Musar Pirati 5
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [17]​[18]​[19]
SMS–Z

Did not advance to runoff

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Candidate name, age,
political party 		Candidate of No. Political offices Campaign Registration date Ref.
Milan Brglez (57)
SD 		Milan Brglez SD 1
(Campaign • Website) 		29 Sep 2022 [20]​[21]
GS
Janez Cigler Kralj (45)
N.Si 		Janez Cigler Kralj N.Si 3
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [22]​[23]​[24]
Miha Kordiš (35)
Levica 		Miha Kordiš Levica 4
(Campaign) 		29 Sep 2022 [25]​[26]
Vladimir Prebilič (50)
Independent 		Vladimir Prebilič Vesna 6
  • Mayor of Kočevje (2010–present)
  • Professor (defence studies)
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [27]​[28]​[29]​[30]
Sabina Senčar (54)
Resni.ca 		Sabina Senčar Resni.ca 7
  • None (gynaecologist)
(Campaign • Website) 		29 Sep 2022 [31]​[32]​[33]
ZLS

Opinion polls

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Graph

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First round

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Undecided Abstain Lead
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

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
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

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In 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]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Anže LogarIndependent296,00033.95414,02946.11
Nataša Pirc MusarIndependent234,36126.88483,81253.89
Milan BrglezSocial Democrats134,72615.45
Vladimir PrebiličIndependent92,45610.60
Sabina Senčar [sl]Resni.ca51,7675.94
Janez Cigler Kralj [sl]New Slovenia38,1134.37
Miha Kordiš [sl]The Left24,5182.81
Total871,941100.00897,841100.00
Valid votes871,94199.47897,84198.87
Invalid/blank votes4,6250.5310,2241.13
Total votes876,566100.00908,065100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,694,43751.731,694,37353.59
Source: Volitve

References

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