1990 Slovenian presidential election

8 April 1990

1992 →


Candidate	Milan Kučan	Jože Pučnik
Party	ZKS-SDP	DEMOS
Popular vote	657,196	464,435
Percentage	58.59%	41.41%

President before election

Janez Stanovnik
ZKS-SDP

Elected President

Milan Kučan
ZKS-SDP

Politics of Slovenia


UN Member State (UNSC Member · ECOSOC Member) EU Member State (Eurozone Member · Schengen Area Member) NATO Member State Council of Europe Member State OECD Member State
Constitution Constitutional Court Constitution of Slovenia
Executive President of the Republic Nataša Pirc Musar Prime Minister Robert Golob Government Golob Cabinet
Legislature Parliament National Council President Marko Lotrič National Assembly Speaker Urška Klakočar Zupančič 9th National Assembly
Judiciary Supreme Court of Slovenia
Other institutions Court of Audit Bank of Slovenia Slovenian Armed Forces Police
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2012 2017 2022 Parliamentary: 2018 2022 next European: 2014 2019 2024 Political parties
Subdivisions Regions Municipalities (Občina)
Foreign relations Foreign relations Croatia–Slovenia relations Germany–Slovenia relations Slovenia–United States relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions Passport Visa requirements International organizations membership United Nations UNSC Member-elect (2024-2025) ECOSOC Member (2023-2025) European Union Eurozone Member Schengen Area Member NATO OECD Council of Europe International initiatives parcipitation Bled Strategic Forum (founder) Brdo-Brijoni Process (founder) Central 5 Three Seas Initiative
Slovenia portal EU portal Other countries
v t e

Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 8 April 1990, with a second round on 22 April. Voters elected the four members of the presidency and the President of the presidency. Ciril Zlobec, Ivan Oman, Matjaž Kmecl and Dušan Plut were elected to the presidency, whilst Milan Kučan was elected President in the second round.

Electoral system

The four members of the presidency were elected by plurality-at-large voting, with voters able to vote for four candidates. The four candidates with the most votes were elected.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Milan Kučan	ZKS-SDP–SZDLS	538,278	44.43	657,196	58.59
	Jože Pučnik	DEMOS	322,706	26.64	464,435	41.41
	Ivan Kramberger	Independent	224,162	18.50
	Marko Demšar	ZSMS-LS	126,424	10.43
Total			1,211,570	100.00	1,121,631	100.00

Valid votes			1,211,570	97.90	1,121,631	97.96
Invalid/blank votes			25,975	2.10	23,354	2.04
Total votes			1,237,545	100.00	1,144,985	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,490,136	83.05	1,489,822	76.85
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Presidency


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ciril Zlobec	SZDLS	637,517	14.31
	Ivan Oman	DEMOS	550,529	12.36
	Matjaž Kmecl	ZKS-SDP	454,633	10.21
	Dušan Plut	DEMOS	453,626	10.18
	Slavoj Žižek	ZSMS-LS	431,206	9.68
	Dimitrij Rupel	DEMOS	408,868	9.18
	Alojz Križman	ZSMS-LS	342,341	7.69
	Miroslava Geč Korošec	SZDLS	292,466	6.57
	Boštjan Zupančič	ZKS-SDP	239,737	5.38
	Franc Miklavčič	DEMOS	236,663	5.31
	Peter Novak	SZDLS	212,182	4.76
	Bogdan Oblak	ZSMS-LS	194,689	4.37
Total			4,454,457	100.00

Valid votes			1,189,205	96.26
Invalid/blank votes			46,263	3.74
Total votes			1,235,468	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,490,136	82.91
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1,778 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1,793

v t e Elections and referendums in Slovenia
Parliamentary elections	1990 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2011 2014 2018 2022 Next
Presidential elections	1990 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022
European elections	2004 2009 2014 2019 2024
Local elections	1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Referendums	1990 1996 1999 2001 2003 (Jan) 2003 (Mar) 2003 (Sep) 2004 2005 2007 2008 2010 (Jun) 2010 (Dec) 2011 (Apr) 2011 (Jun) 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018 2021 2022 2024
See also: Elections in Yugoslavia

Categories: