Slovenians vote in parliamentary elections

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Slovenians on Sunday headed to polls for parliamentary elections.

Polls conducted ahead of the elections indicate a tight race between the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDP) of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the environmentalist Freedom Movement (PS) led by Robert Golob.

Jansa is a strong advocate of EU enlargement, including membership for Ukraine. He is keen to win a fourth parliamentary term in his small 2.1 million Balkan nation.

There are nearly 1.7 million registered voters, including some 106,000 located abroad. The voting began at 7:00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and will end at 7:00 p.m.

Surveys suggested that there could be no clear winner, leading to the formation of a coalition government of at least three or four parties.

Slovenians vote in parliamentary elections

Nearly 1.7M voters head to polls to elect 90-member parliament - Anadolu Ajansı

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Home country of Melanie Trump and they are our neighbors.

 

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Melanie Trump's home country could see a left-green-liberal takeover today, with rightwing Prime Minister Jansa being ousted.

Turnout was 57% by 4pm, which is almost 15% higher than last time.

 

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Polling stations have closed and exit polls show a landslide win for the Left, with Prime Minister Jansa (a rightwinger) ousted:

 

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Slovenia has a 4% threshold to receive seats in parliament.

Currently, a lot of parties are below 4%, meaning that Golob and his leftwing GS are close to an absolute majority (or might need only one coalition partner).

 

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Almost all votes are counted.

5 parties managed to get in:

3 leftist ones and the 2 rightwing government parties (SDS+NSI) which were ousted from power by the voters.

At least 2 of the 3 leftist parties will form the new government (GS+SD), it's not clear if Levica will also join.

Turnout was 70% (+20%), which means a lot of nonvoters were mobilized by the Left to get rid of the Right.