2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia
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Turnout | 24.55%[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 European Parliament elections were held in Slovenia on 25 May 2014. It was the first in the series of three elections held in the 2014, and the major test leading up to the parliamentary elections in July. The political atmosphere was in a crisis that started with the fall of Borut Pahor's government, then Janez Janša's government in 2013, the latter coming after Janša was accused of corruption.[2] The cabinet of Alenka Bratušek was breaking up, as the former leader of the Positive Slovenia Zoran Janković, who was under the suspicion of corruption, announced his candidature for party president, even though the coalition parties threatened to leave the government if he was to be elected, which later he was.[3]
The main characteristic of the elections was the participation of several new parties, founded during the recent years of crisis.
Candidates
Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.
Date | Polling Firm | PS | SDS | Verjamem | SD | DL | DeSUS | NSi + SLS | ZL[a] | Kacin | PP | SNS | Others | Lead |
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25 May | Election Results | 6.6 | 24.8 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 8.1 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 8.2 |
20 May | Episcentra | 7.0 | 23.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
13 May | Episcentra | 7.0 | 27.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
9 May | Episcentra | 7.0 | 26.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
5–7 May | Ninamedia | 3.2 | 22.1 | 10.4 | 8.3 | — | 3.3 | 17.9 | 3.6 | 8.3 | — | — | 22.9 | 4.2 |
25 April | Ninamedia[b] | 4.5 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 3.5 | — | 3.2 | — | 1.8 |
12 April | Delo | 4.6 | 20.8 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 6.2 | — | 12.1 | 21.9 | 8.7 |
10 March | Ninamedia | 16.9 | 15.3 | – [c] | 10.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 15.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | — | — | 21.0 | 1.2 |
- Notes
Results
The election was severely won by the right pole parties, winning 5 of the 8 seats for the
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Greens of Slovenia | 3,335 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
Slovenian Nation | 1,432 | 0.36 | 0 | New | |
Total | 402,071 | 100.00 | 8 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 402,071 | 95.81 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 17,590 | 4.19 | |||
Total votes | 419,661 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,710,856 | 24.53 | |||
Source: Volitve |
Aftermath
A candidate for the presidency of the
References
- ^ "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Slovenia - European Parliament".
- ^ Saša Banjanac Lubej (23 January 2013). "DL zapušča koalicijo. Virant, Pličanič in Šušteršič odstopajo". MMC RTV Slovenija.
- ^ "Slovenia government facing collapse as PM loses party leadership". The Guardian. Associated Press. 26 April 2013.
- ^ State Election Commission (10 June 2014). "Poročilo o izidu volitev poslancev iz Republike Slovenije v Evropski parlament" (PDF).
- ^ "Juncker slovenski predlog za evropskega komisarja pričakuje do konca tedna". MMC RTV Slovenija. 28 July 2014.
- ^ "SMC za evropskega komisarja predlaga Janeza Potočnika". MMC RTV Slovenija. 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Kandidati za komisarja: Bratuškova, Erjavec in Fajonova. Virant odšel s seje". MMC RTV Slovenija. 31 July 2014.
- ^ "KPK preiskuje kandidaturo Alenke Bratušek. Kabinet: Ne gre za zasebni interes". MMC RTV Slovenija. 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Boj za položaj komisarja: slovenski evroposlanci iz EPP-ja pisali Junckerju". MMC RTV Slovenija. 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Cerar nezadovoljen z izborom EU-komisarja, vendar (še) ne bo ukrepal". MMC RTV Slovenija. 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Potočnik pripravljen še tretjič postati slovenski komisar". MMC RTV Slovenija. 25 August 2014.
- ^ "Cerar proti kandidaturi Bratuškove". MMC RTV Slovenija. 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Odbora za energijo in okolje zavrnila Alenko Bratušek". MMC RTV Slovenija. 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Bratuškova se je povsem umaknila iz komisarske tekme". MMC RTV Slovenija. 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Violeta Bulc je ustrezna kandidatka za evropsko komisarko". MMC RTV Slovenija. 21 October 2014.