2022 Slovenian presidential election

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2022 Slovenian presidential election
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Nominee Nataša Pirc Musar Anže Logar
Party Independent SDS
Alliance Pirati–SMS-Z SDS–SLS
Popular vote 478,399 409,761
Percentage 53.86% 46.14%
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2022 Slovenian Presidential election, 1st round.svg
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] Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off between the top two placing candidates, Slovenian Democratic Party candidate Anže Logar and independent candidate Nataša Pirc Musar, took place on 13 November 2022. Incumbent President Borut Pahor was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits.[2] Pirc Musar won the run-off 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Candidate name, age,
political party 		Candidate of № Political offices Campaign Registration date Ref.
Anže Logar (46)
SDS 		Anže Logar SDS 2 Logo of the Anže Logar 2022 presidential campaign.png
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [12]​[13]​[14]​[15]​[16]
SLS
Nataša Pirc Musar (54)
Independent 		Nataša Pirc Musar Pirati 5 Logo of the 2022 Nataša Pirc Musar presidential campaign.svg
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [17]​[18]​[19]
SMS–Z

Did not advance to runoff[edit]

Candidate name, age,
political party 		Candidate of № Political offices Campaign Registration date Ref.
Milan Brglez (55)
SD 		Milan Brglez SD 1 Logo of the 2022 Milan Brglez presidential campaign.svg
(Campaign • Website) 		29 Sep 2022 [20]​[21]
GS
Janez Cigler Kralj (43)
N.Si 		Janez Cigler Kralj N.Si 3 Logo of the 2022 Janez Cigler Kralj presidential campaign.png
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [22]​[23]​[24]
Miha Kordiš (33)
Levica 		Miha Kordiš Levica 4 Logo of the Miha Kordiš 2022 presidential campaign.png
(Campaign) 		29 Sep 2022 [25]​[26]
Vladimir Prebilič (48)
Independent 		Vladimir Prebilič Vesna 6
  • Mayor of Kočevje (2010–present)
  • Professor (defence studies)
 Logo of the Vladimir Prebilič 2022 presidential campaign.png
(Campaign • Website) 		22 Sep 2022 [27]​[28]​[29]​[30]
Sabina Senčar (52)
Resni.ca 		Sabina Senčar Resni.ca 7
  • None (gynaecologist)
 Logo of the 2022 Sabina Senčar presidential campaign.png
(Campaign • Website) 		29 Sep 2022 [31]​[32]​[33]
ZLS

Opinion polls[edit]

Graph[edit]

First round[edit]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		Slovēnijas Nacionālās asamblejas prezidenta vizīte Latvijā (32883421163)-1 cropped.jpg 124. seja Vlade RS dr Anže Logar.jpg Obisk Vlade RS v Zasavju Cigler Kralj (cropped).jpg Miha Kordiš.jpg PircMusar2022 (cropped).png 25. obletnica prvega postroja Slovenske vojske v Kočevski Reki 06 (cropped) (cropped).jpg Sabina Senčar (cropped).jpg Undecided Abstain Lead
Brglez
SD 		Logar
SDS 		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[edit]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		124. seja Vlade RS dr Anže Logar.jpg PircMusar2022 (cropped).png 124. seja Vlade RS dr Anže Logar.jpg Slovēnijas Nacionālās asamblejas prezidenta vizīte Latvijā (32883421163)-1 cropped.jpg PircMusar2022 (cropped).png Slovēnijas Nacionālās asamblejas prezidenta vizīte Latvijā (32883421163)-1 cropped.jpg
Logar
SDS 		Pirc Musar
Ind. 		Logar
SDS 		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[edit]

First round[edit]

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]

Run-off[edit]

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) from the ousted Janez Janša in the past.[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%
Nataša Pirc MusarIndependent (supported by Pirati–SMS-Z)234,36126.88478,39953.86
Anže LogarSlovenian Democratic Party (supported by SLS)296,00033.95409,76146.14
Milan BrglezSocial Democrats (also supported by GS)134,72615.45
Vladimir PrebiličIndependent (supported by Vesna)92,45610.60
Sabina SenčarResni.ca (supported by ZLS)51,7675.94
Janez Cigler KraljNew Slovenia38,1134.37
Miha KordišThe Left24,5182.81
Total871,941100.00888,160100.00
Valid votes871,94199.47888,16098.90
Invalid/blank votes4,6250.539,8471.10
Total votes876,566100.00898,007100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,694,43751.731,694,37353.00
Source: Volitve (99.99% counted)

References[edit]

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