2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia

2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia

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All 8 Slovenian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	24.55%[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Milan Zver Lojze Peterle Igor Šoltes Party SDS NSi–SLS Verjamem Alliance EPP EPP Greens/EFA Last election 26.66% 16.58% New Party Seats before 3 1 New Party Seats after 3 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 99.643 66.760 41.525 Percentage 24.78% 16.60% 10.33% Swing 1.88% 0.02% 10.33%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ivo Vajgl Igor Lukšič Party DeSUS SD Alliance ALDE PES Last election 7.18% Seats before 0 2 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 32.662 32.484 Percentage 8.12% 8.08% Swing 3.78% 10.35 %

2014 European Parliament elections were held in Slovenia on 25 May 2014. It was the first in the series of three elections held in the 2014, and the major test leading up to the parliamentary elections in July. The political atmosphere was in a crisis that started with the fall of Borut Pahor's government, then Janez Janša's government in 2013, the latter coming after Janša was accused of corruption.^[2] The cabinet of Alenka Bratušek was breaking up, as the former leader of the Positive Slovenia Zoran Janković, who was under the suspicion of corruption, announced his candidature for party president, even though the coalition parties threatened to leave the government if he was to be elected, which later he was.^[3]

The main characteristic of the elections was the participation of several new parties, founded during the recent years of crisis. Verjamem was among the last parties to be founded before the elections, and surprisingly finished in third place, winning one seat in the European Parliament.