1992 Slovenian parliamentary election

1992 Slovenian parliamentary election

6–10 December 1992
All 90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	85.67% ( 2.38 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Janez Drnovšek Lojze Peterle Ciril Ribičič Party LDS SKD United List Last election 12 11 14 Seats won 22 15 14 Seat change 10 4 Popular vote 278,851 172,424 161,349 Percentage 23.46% 14.51% 13.58% Swing 8.97pp 1.53pp 3.70pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Zmago Jelinčič Ivan Oman France Bučar Party SNS SLS DSS Last election New 11 8 Seats won 12 10 6 Seat change New 1 2 Popular vote 119,091 103,300 59,487 Percentage 10.02% 8.69% 5.01% Swing New 3.86pp 4.50pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Andrej Čuš Jože Pučnik Party Greens of Slovenia SDS Last election 8 6 Seats won 5 4 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 44,019 69,675 Percentage 3.70% 3.34% Swing 5.14pp 4.05pp
Prime Minister before election Lojze Peterle SKD Elected Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek LDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 6 and 10 December 1992. These were the first legislative elections to the National Assembly (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije) after the rename of the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (Skupščina Republike Slovenije) in December 1991 and the first elections in independent Slovenia. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 22 of the 90 seats. Party leader Janez Drnovšek was re-elected Prime Minister by the Parliament on 12 January 1993.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democratic Party	278,851	23.46	22	+10
	Slovene Christian Democrats	172,424	14.51	15	+4
	United List	161,349	13.58	14	0
	Slovenian National Party	119,091	10.02	12	New
	Slovenian People's Party	103,300	8.69	10	–1
	Democratic Party of Slovenia	59,487	5.01	6	–2
	Greens of Slovenia	44,019	3.70	5	–3
	Social Democratic Party of Slovenia	39,675	3.34	4	–2
	Socialist Party of Slovenia	32,696	2.75	0	–5
	National Democrats–Slovenian Party	25,852	2.18	0	New
	Slovenian Craftsmen and Entrepreneurial Party	18,965	1.60	0	New
	Liberal Party	18,069	1.52	0	–3
	Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia	16,892	1.42	0	New
	Party of Independence	16,178	1.36	0	New
	Christian Socialists–Free Party	13,592	1.14	0	New
	Association for Primorska Region	10,059	0.85	0	New
	DEMOS	9,143	0.77	0	New
	Styrian Democratic Christian Party	8,022	0.68	0	New
	Party of Ecological Movement of Slovenia	7,360	0.62	0	New
	Movement for Democracy	6,707	0.56	0	New
	Zruzenje "SMER" Slovenije	6,674	0.56	0	New
	Republican Association of Slovenia	5,378	0.45	0	New
	IDZ	1,125	0.09	0	New
	Regional Party of Styria	912	0.08	0	New
	Green Movement of Ljubljana Moste Polje	708	0.06	0	New
	Independents	11,850	1.00	0	New
Minority representatives				2	0
Total		1,188,378	100.00	90	+10
Valid votes		1,188,378	93.02
Invalid/blank votes		89,226	6.98
Total votes		1,277,604	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,491,374	85.67
Source: DVK

Notes

• Liberal Democracy of Slovenia did not yet exist in 1992. It was founded on 12 March 1994 at the unification congress as successor of three joined parties: Liberal Democratic Party, Socialist Party of Slovenia and Democratic Party of Slovenia.