US EditionSlovenia’s Ruling Party Takes Narrow Lead in Tight General Election
Freedom Movement leads with 30 seats but lost 11 seats from last term and must form coalitions amid a tight race and controversy involving opposition leader Janez Janša.
- On Sunday, with about 99% counted, Prime Minister Robert Golob's Freedom Movement led 28.5% to 28.1%, producing a razor-thin result in Slovenia's parliamentary election.
- The vote pitted Prime Minister Robert Golob's liberal Freedom Movement against three-time former prime minister Janez Jansa's right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party, deciding Slovenia's 2 million population's future in the 90-seat parliament.
- Authorities reported that Slovenian authorities say Black Cube operatives visited Ljubljana multiple times during the campaign and were near SDS headquarters, while Black Cube has not responded to allegations.
- With near-final counts, analysts noted Golob claimed victory yet said 'tough negotiations lie ahead', and smaller parties may become kingmakers in coalition negotiations.
- Beyond domestic politics, the outcome will influence Slovenia's role in the 27‑member European Union, and Robert Golob urged an EU investigation Thursday, warning it is 'so important...to protect every other state'.
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Exitpoles showed a minimal gap between the main political forces.
The Freedom Movement may win the Slovenian parliamentary election, with the party gaining 29.9 percent of the votes.
At 7 p.m., more than 3,000 polling stations across the country closed, where voters were choosing the new composition of the National Assembly for the next four-year term. What are the current results? After 45 percent of the votes counted, SDS is in the lead with 29.3 percent, followed by Svoboda with 27.9 percent, and NSi, SLS and Fokus, SD, Demokrati, Resni.ca and Levica and Vesna are also in the National Assembly.
The differences between the current Prime Minister and the far-right Jansa became increasingly smaller in the run-up to the elections.
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