2000 Slovenian parliamentary election

2000 Slovenian parliamentary election

15 October 2000
All 90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.09% ( 3.58 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LDS Janez Drnovšek 36.26 34 +9 SDS Janez Janša 15.81 14 −2 ZLSD Borut Pahor 12.08 11 +2 SLS–SKD Franc Zagožen 9.54 9 −20 NSi Andrej Bajuk 8.66 8 +8 DeSUS Janko Kušar 5.17 4 −1 SNS Zmago Jelinčič 4.39 4 +4 SMS–Zeleni Dominik Černjak 4.34 4 +4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Andrej Bajuk NSi Janez Drnovšek LDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 15 October 2000, after a successful vote of no confidence defeated the government of Andrej Bajuk. The result was a victory for Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which won 34 of the 90 seats. Following the election, Liberal Democracy leader Janez Drnovšek returned to the post of Prime Minister.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia	390,306	36.26	34	+9
	Slovenian Democratic Party	170,228	15.81	14	–2
	United List of Social Democrats	130,079	12.08	11	+2
	Slovenian People's Party–Slovene Christian Democrats	102,691	9.54	9	–20
	New Slovenia	93,247	8.66	8	New
	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia	55,634	5.17	4	–1
	Slovenian National Party	47,214	4.39	4	0
	Youth Party of Slovenia	46,674	4.34	4	New
	Greens of Slovenia	9,691	0.90	0	0
	Democratic Party of Slovenia	8,079	0.75	0	0
	New Party	6,338	0.59	0	0
	Voice of Slovenian Women	4,745	0.44	0	New
	Forward Slovenia	3,300	0.31	0	0
	Party of Democratic Action	3,208	0.30	0	New
	Communist Party of Slovenia	1,945	0.18	0	0
	Regional Party of Styria	732	0.07	0	New
	Independents	2,409	0.22	0	0
Minority representatives				2	0
Total		1,076,520	100.00	90	0
Valid votes		1,076,520	96.69
Invalid/blank votes		36,904	3.31
Total votes		1,113,424	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,588,528	70.09
Source: DVK