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Slovenia 2008 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2008 parliamentary election in Slovenia?

Social Democrats won 29 of 90 seats with 30.4% of the vote. 63.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Slovenia
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democrats won 29 of 90 seats with 30.4% of the vote; 63.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.5 points on 2004.

  • Social Democrats 29 +19 seats 30.4% +20.3 points
  • Slovenian Democratic Party 28 −1 seat 29.3% +0.2 points
  • Zares 9 9.4%
  • Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 7 +3 seats 7.5% +3.4 points
  • Slovenian National Party 5 −1 seat 5.4% −0.9 points
  • Slovenian People's Party 5 −2 seats 5.2% −1.6 points
  • Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 5 −18 seats 5.2% −17.6 points
  • New Slovenia 0 −9 seats 3.4% −5.7 points
  • Hungarian national community 1 0 seats
  • Italian national community 1 0 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Slovenia 2004 parliamentary election, party by party.

46 of 90 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 30.4%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democrats

    Social Democrats won 29 of 90 seats. A majority needs 46.

  2. +19 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democrats

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2004. Liberal Democracy of Slovenia lost 18 seats.

  3. 63.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.5 points on 2004.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democrats29+1930.4+20.3320,248
Slovenian Democratic Party28−129.3+0.2307,735
Zares99.498,526
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia7+37.5+3.478,353
Slovenian National Party5−15.4−0.956,832
Slovenian People's Partywith Youth Party – European Greens5−25.2−1.654,809
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia5−185.2−17.654,771
New Slovenia0−93.4−5.735,774
Lipa01.819,068
Hungarian national community10
Italian national community10

± is the change against the Slovenia 2004 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democrats 320,248
  • Slovenian Democratic Party 307,735
  • Zares 98,526
  • Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia 78,353
  • Slovenian National Party 56,832
  • Slovenian People's Party 54,809
  • Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 54,771
  • New Slovenia 35,774
  • Lipa 19,068
  • Hungarian national community
  • Italian national community

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

63.1% of the 1,696,437 registered voters cast a ballot (1,070,523 ballots), up 2.5 points on 2004. 1,051,827 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democrats30.4% of votes32.2% of seats
  • Slovenian Democratic Party29.3% of votes31.1% of seats
  • Zares9.4% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia7.5% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Slovenian National Party5.4% of votes5.6% of seats
  • Liberal Democracy of Slovenia5.2% of votes5.6% of seats
  • Slovenian People's Party5.2% of votes5.6% of seats
  • New Slovenia3.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.9 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Social Democrats led Slovenian Democratic Party by 1.2 points of the vote.

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