2018 Slovenian railway referendum

2018 Slovenian railway referendum
13 May 2018
Are you in favor of enforcing the Act on the Construction, Management and Management of the Second Track of the Divača-Koper Railway Line (ZIUGDT), which was adopted by the National Assembly at its session on May 8, 2017?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 127,293 49.94%
No 127,602 50.06%
Valid votes 254,895 99.14%
Invalid or blank votes 2,203 0.86%
Total votes 257,098 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,712,686 15.01%
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A referendum on a law governing the Divača-Koper rail upgrade was held in Slovenia on 13 May 2018. It followed the annulment of the results of a 2017 referendum on the same subject by the Supreme Court in March 2018. The result saw just 309 more votes cast against the law (50.06%) than in favour (49.94%). Voter turnout was even lower than in 2017, at around 15%, meaning that the requirement of 20% of the electorate casting a "no" vote to validate the referendum outcome was not met. As a result, the law remained in force.[1][2]

  1. ^ Referendum pobudnikom tudi tokrat ni uspel Delo, 15 May 2018
  2. ^ Pobudnikom referenduma znova ni uspelo, Kovačič že napovedal pritožbo na izid RTV, 13 May 2018