Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
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| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije |
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| Leader | Karl Erjavec |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Ideology | Single-issue politics, Centrism, Social justice |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| European Parliament Group | None |
| Official colours | Green, Blue |
| National Assembly |
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| http://www.desus.si | |
| Politics of Slovenia Political parties Elections |
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The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Slovene: Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije, also known by the acronym DeSUS) is a Slovenian political party led by Karl Erjavec. DeSUS won 6.97% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining 6 seats in the National Assembly.[1]
DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008. In the 2008 elections the party won 7.4% of vote and 7 out of 90 seats and joined the coalition government led by Borut Pahor together with SD , Zares and LDS having a combined seat of 50 out of 90.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011". National Electoral Commission. http://volitve.gov.si/dz2011/en/index.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
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