League of Communists of Slovenia

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League of Communists of Slovenia
Zveza komunistov Slovenije
Savez komunista Slovenije
National affiliationLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia
ColoursRed
Party flag

Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

The League of Communists of Slovenia (

Serbo-Croatian: Savez komunista Slovenije) was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1990. It was established in April 1937 as the Communist Party of Slovenia and was the first autonomous sub-national branch of the federal party. Its initial autonomy was further amplified with the Yugoslav constitution of 1974
, which devolved greater power to the various republic level branches.

History

In 1989 Slovenia passed amendments to its constitution that asserted its sovereignty over the federation, its right to

Party Congress
of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, leading to the collapse of the all-Yugoslav party.

On 4 February 1990 the League of Communists of Slovenia changed its name to the League of Communists of Slovenia – Party of Democratic Renewal (Zveza komunistov Slovenije – Stranka demokratične prenove, ZKS-SDP), and shortly afterwards began negotiations with the

DEMOS coalition
.

Flag of the Party in 1990

Party leaders

Other influential leaders

Electoral results

Presidential

Election Candidate 1st round 2nd round Result
Votes % Votes %
1990 Milan Kučan 538,278 44.43 657,196 58.59 Won
1992 795,012 63.93 Won

National Assembly

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
1990 Ciril Ribičič 186,928 17.3 (#1)
14 / 80
Increase 14 Opposition
1992 161,349 13.6 (#3)
14 / 90
Steady Coalition

See also

References