National Assembly (Slovenia)
| National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia Državni zbor Republike Slovenije |
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| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Leadership | |
| President | Gregor Virant, Gregor Virant's Civic List since 21 December 2011 |
| Members | 90 |
| Political groups | Positive Slovenia (28) Slovenian Democratic Party (26) Social Democrats (10) Gregor Virant's Civic List (8) Slovenian People's Party (6) Democratic Party of Pensioners (6) New Slovenia (4) |
| Elections | |
| Voting system | Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold |
| Last election | 4 December 2011 |
| Meeting place | |
| National Assembly Building, Ljubliana | |
| Website | |
| www.dz-rs.si | |
| Slovenia |
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The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije), or briefly the National Assembly (Državni zbor; acronym DS), is the general representative body of the Slovenian nation. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia.[1][2] It is unicameral. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term. 88 members elected by the party-list proportional representation system and 2 members elected by national minorities (Italians and Hungarians) using the Borda count, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.
On 21 December 2011, the deputies of the National Assembly elected Gregor Virant (Gregor Virant's Civic List, LGV) as the President of the National Assembly. He has succeeded Ljubo Germič (Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, LDS). His opponent in the election was Maša Kociper (Positive Slovenia, PS). On the same day, Ljudmila Novak (New Slovenia, NSi) and Jakob Presečnik (Slovenian People's Party, SLS) were elected by the National Assembly as vice-presidents.[3]
According to the rules of procedure of the National Assembly, the largest opposition party is entitled to the office of the third vice-president. After the Slovenian Democratic Party led by Janez Janša formed a right-centre coalition with LGV, SLS, Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS), and NSi in January 2012 following the 4 December 2011 parliamentary election,[4] Renata Bruskole (PS) was elected.[5][6] Besides PS, the Social Democrats party is in the opposition.[5] The representatives of national communities, Roberto Battelli (Italian community) and Laszlo Göncz (Hungarian community), have signed an agreement about cooperation with the coalition, but are formally not part of it.[4]
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[edit] Presidents of the National Assembly
- France Bučar (SDZ): 17 May 1990 – 23 December 1992
- Herman Rigelnik (LDS): 23 December 1992 – 16 September 1994
- Jožef Školč (LDS): 16 September 1994 – 3 December 1996
- Janez Podobnik (SLS): 3 December 1996 – 10 November 2000
- Borut Pahor (ZLSD): 10 November 2000 – 12 July 2004
- Feri Horvat (ZLSD): 12 July 2004 – 22 October 2004
- France Cukjati (SDS): 22 October 2004 – 15 October 2008
- Pavel Gantar (Zares): 15 October 2008 – 2 September 2011
- Ljubo Germič (LDS): 2 September 2011 – 21 December 2011
- Gregor Virant (LGV): 21 December 2011 – present
[edit] Uses
The Natonal Assembly contains offices of deputies,general secretary of the national assembly and the office of the Preisdent of The national assembly.
[edit] Latest election
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoran Janković's List – Positive Slovenia (Lista Zorana Jankovića – Pozitivna Slovenija, LZJ-PS) | 314,273 | 28.51 | 28 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) | 288,719 | 26.19 | 26 |
| Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) | 115,952 | 10.52 | 10 |
| Gregor Virant's Civic List (Državljanska lista Gregorja Viranta, LGV) | 92,282 | 8.37 | 8 |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) | 76,853 | 6.97 | 6 |
| Slovenian People's Party (Slovenska ljudska stranka, SLS) | 75,311 | 6.83 | 6 |
| New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) | 53,758 | 4.88 | 4 |
| Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) | 19,786 | 1.80 | — |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) | 16,268 | 1.48 | — |
| Party for Sustainable Development of Slovenia (Stranka za trajnostni razvoj Slovenije, TRS) | 13,477 | 1.22 | — |
| Youth Party – European Greens (Stranka mladih – Zeleni Evrope, SMS-Zeleni) | 9,532 | 0.86 | — |
| Zares – Social Liberals (Zares – socialno-liberalni, Zares) | 7,218 | 0.65 | — |
| Democratic Labour Party (Demokratična stranka dela, DSD) | 7,118 | 0.65 | — |
| Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) | 4,000 | 0.36 | — |
| Movement for Slovenia (Gibanje za Slovenijo, GzS) | 3,339 | 0.30 | — |
| Party of Equal Opportunities of Slovenia (Stranka enakih možnosti Slovenije, SEM–Si) | 1,787 | 0.18 | — |
| Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) | 1,100 | 0.10 | — |
| Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) | 976 | 0.09 | — |
| Party of Humane Slovenia (Stranka humana Slovenija, SHS) | 295 | 0.03 | — |
| Acacias (Akacije) | 212 | 0.02 | — |
| Hungarian and Italian national communities | 4534 | — | 2 |
| Valid votes | 1,102,256 | 100.00 | 90 |
| Total votes (turnout 65.60%) | 1,121,573 | ||
| Eligible voters | 1,709,692 | ||
| Source: volitve.gov.si | |||
[edit] Previous elections
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Social Democrats (Socialni demokrati, SD) | 320,248 | 30.45 | 29 |
| Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS) | 307,735 | 29.26 | 28 |
| Zares – new politics (Zares – nova politika) | 98,526 | 9.37 | 9 |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS) | 78,353 | 7.45 | 7 |
| Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS) | 56,832 | 5.40 | 5 |
| Slovenian People's Party and Youth Party of Slovenia (Slovenska ljudska stranka in Stranka mladih Slovenije, SLS+SMS) | 54,809 | 5.21 | 5 |
| Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS) | 54,771 | 5.21 | 5 |
| New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi) | 35,774 | 3.40 | — |
| The Linden (Lipa) | 19,068 | 1.81 | — |
| List for Justice and Development (Lista za pravičnost in razvoj, LPR) | 5,897 | 0.56 | — |
| Greens of Slovenia (Zeleni Slovenije) | 5,366 | 0.51 | — |
| Christian Democratic Party (Krščanska demokratska stranka, KDS) | 4,724 | 0.45 | — |
| List for Clear Drinking Water (Lista za čisto pitno vodo, LZČPV) | 4,140 | 0.39 | — |
| Party of Slovenian People (Stranka slovenskega naroda, SSN) | 2,629 | 0.25 | — |
| Green Coalition: Green Party and Green Progress (Zelena koalicija: Zelena stranke in zeleni progres, ZP) | 2,230 | 0.21 | — |
| Forward Slovenia (Naprej Slovenija, NPR) | 475 | 0.05 | — |
| Acacias (Akacije) | 249 | 0.02 | — |
| Hungarian and Italian national communities | — | — | 2 |
| Valid votes | 1,051,827 | 100.00 | 90 |
| Total votes (turnout 63.10%) | 1,056,593 | ||
| Eligible voters | |||
| Source: volitve.gov.si | |||
[edit] References
- ^ "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovene). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. http://odlocitve.us-rs.si/usrs/us-odl.nsf/o/91B69BBC50349012C12574F2004123EB. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ^ Lakota, Igor (2006) (in Slovene). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The system of incomplete bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis}]. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/dela/Lakota-Igor.PDF. Retrieved 16 December 2010. "Opinions differ, however the majority of domestic experts agree that the National Council may be regarded as the upper house, but the bicameralism is distinctively incomplete."
- ^ "Virant predsednik DZ-ja, Novakova in Presečnik podpredsednika [Virant the President of the NA, Novak and Presečnik the Vicepresidents]" (in Slovene). MMC RTV Slovenia. 21 November 2011. http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/virant-predsednik-dz-ja-novakova-in-presecnik-podpredsednika/273250.
- ^ a b "Manjšinska poslanca podpisala dogovor o sodelovanju z Janševo vlado [The Minority Deputies have Signed an Agreement About Cooperation with the Government of Janez Janša]" (in Slovene). Planet Siol.net. 26 January 2012. http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2012/01/podpis_pogodbe_z_manjsinskima_poslancema.aspx.
- ^ a b "Renata Brunskole postala tretja podpredsednica DZ-ja [Renata Bruskole has Become the Third Vice-President of the National Assembly]" (in Slovene). MMC RTV Slovenia. http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/renata-brunskole-postala-tretja-podpredsednica-dz-ja/276039.
- ^ "Virant predsednik parlamenta [Virant the President of the Parliament]" (in Slovene). Žurnal24.si. 21 December 2011. http://www.zurnal24.si/danes-znan-predsednik-drzavenga-zbora-clanek-143761.
[edit] Further reading
- Toplak, Jurij. The parliamentary election in Slovenia, October 2004. Electoral Studies 25 (2006) 825-831.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (official page).
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