2022 Slovenian presidential election
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13 November 2022 (second round) | |||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 23 October 2022.[1] Incumbent President Borut Pahor was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits.[2]
As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two placing candidates, former foreign minister Anže Logar, an SDS member running as an independent, and independent former Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar, took place on 13 November 2022. Pirc Musar won the runoff 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]
| Date | Election task |
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| 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
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
- Nataša Pirc Musar is a former president of the Slovenian Red Cross, a prominent human rights lawyer and was head of the data protection agency..[7] She stands for a center-left government and a pro-European Union policy.[7] In view of Russo-Ukrainian War, she believed that Russia broke international law.[7] Pirc Musar ran as an independent, but her campaign was supported by two former presidents, Milan Kučan and Danilo Türk[8] as well as the Pirate party.[8]
- 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]
- Milan Brglez was a candidate of the Social Democrats (SD) supported by the Freedom Movement,[10] and incumbent prime minister Robert Golob.[11]
Advanced to runoff
| Candidate name, age, political party |
Candidate of | # | Political offices | Campaign | Registration date | Ref. | |||
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| Anže Logar (49) Independent |
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SDS | 2 |
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22 Sep 2022 | |||
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| Nataša Pirc Musar (57) Independent |
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Pirati | 5 |
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22 Sep 2022 | [17] | ||
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Did not advance to runoff
| Candidate name, age, political party |
Candidate of | No. | Political offices | Campaign | Registration date | Ref. | |||
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| Milan Brglez (58) SD |
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SD | 1 |
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29 Sep 2022 | [20] | ||
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| Janez Cigler Kralj (47) N.Si |
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N.Si | 3 |
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22 Sep 2022 | [22] | ||
| Miha Kordiš (36) Levica |
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Levica | 4 |
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29 Sep 2022 | [25] | ||
| Vladimir Prebilič (51) Independent |
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Vesna | 6 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
22 Sep 2022 | [27] | ||
| Sabina Senčar (55) Resni.ca |
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Resni.ca | 7 |
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 (Campaign • Website) |
29 Sep 2022 | [31] | ||
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Opinion polls
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First round
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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Undecided | Abstain | Lead |
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| Brglez SD |
Logar Ind. |
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
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
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| Logar Ind. |
Pirc Musar Ind. |
Logar Ind. |
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 | ||
