2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

2008 Slovenian parliamentary election

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All 90 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout	63.10% ( 2.46 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Borut Pahor Janez Janša Gregor Golobič Party SD SDS Zares Last election 10 seats 29 seats New Seats won 29 28 9 Seat change 19 1 New Popular vote 320,248 307,735 98,526 Percentage 30.45% 29.26% 9.37%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Karl Erjavec Zmago Jelinčič Bojan Šrot Party DeSUS SNS SLS Last election 4 seats 6 seats 7 seats Seats won 7 5 5 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 78,353 56,832 54,809 Percentage 7.45% 5.40% 5.21%   Seventh party   Leader Katarina Kresal Party LDS Last election 23 seats Seats won 5 Seat change 18 Popular vote 54,771 Percentage 5.21%
Prime Minister before election Janez Janša SDS Prime Minister after election Borut Pahor SD

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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 21 September 2008 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly.^[1] 17 parties filed to run in the election, including all nine parliamentary parties.^[2] The election was won by the Social Democrats (SD),^[1] who then went on to form a government together with Zares, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) and the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS).^[3]