At stake in this election:

• 90 seats in the National Assembly (Drzavni zbor)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Danilo TURK
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Janez JANSA **
• Assembly: Slovenia has a bicameral Parliament (Parlament Slovenije) consisting of the National Council (Drzavni svet) with 40 seats and the National Assembly (Drzavni zbor) with 90 seats.

** The President nominates as Prime Minister the party leader he thinks will most likely to be able to assemble a viable government coalition. His candidate then must be approved by the members of the national Assembly

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is nominated by the president.
• In the National Council (Drzavni svet) 40 members are elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms. In the National Assembly (Drzavni zbor), 88 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 2 members are elected through a Borda Count system to serve 4-year terms.**

** The two members elected by majority vote represent Slovenia's Italian and Hungarian communities.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Social Democrats / Socialni demokrati (SD)
  • Leader: Borut PAHOR
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 29
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 10
• Party: Slovenian Democratic Party / Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS)
  • Leader: Janez JANSA
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 28
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 29
• Party: For Real / ZARES***
  • Leader: Gregor GOLOBI
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 9
  • Seats won in last National Asembly election: 0
• Party: Liberal Democracy of Slovenia 
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 5
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 23
• Retired People of Slovenia
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 7
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 4
• Slovenian National Party
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 5
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 6
• Slovenian People's Party
  • Seats won in this National Assembly election: 5
  • Seats won in last National Assembly election: 7

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 2,021,316 (2008)
• Registered voters: 1,696,437 (2008)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,025,453 (2008)

·         Is Slovenia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Slovenia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (6 July 1992)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 12 (following the 2008 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 25 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Slovenia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Slovenia ratified CRPD: Yes (24 April 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 303,197 (est.)