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2012 Slovenian presidential election

February 01, 2023

Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 11 November 2012, with a run-off held on 2 December 2012.[1] Slovenia's 1.7 million registered voters chose between the incumbent president Danilo Türk, the SDS/NSi party candidate Milan Zver and Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats[2] who was also supported by the Civic List.[3] The first round was won, contrary to the opinion poll predictions, by Pahor, with Türk placing second. In the run-off election, Pahor won with roughly two-thirds of the vote.[4]

2012 Slovenian presidential election
← 2007 11 November 2012 (first round)
2 December 2012 (second round)		 2017 →
 
Nominee Borut Pahor Danilo Türk
Party SD Independent
Popular vote 478,859 231,971
Percentage 67.37% 32.63%

Election Law

Under Slovenia's election law, candidates for president require support of either:

Each political party can support only one candidate. In the election, the president is elected with a majority of the vote. If no candidate receives more than half of votes, the top two candidates meet in the second round of election.[5]

Candidates

 
Ballot paper in the first round of voting. The sequence of candidate options was determined via lottery.

Danilo Türk

Danilo Türk, the incumbent president, announced that he would seek re-election for a second term as an independent candidate and[6] submitted over 13,000 signatures of support to the election commission. Türk, a former United Nations diplomat and professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana,[7] entered the 2007 election as an independent candidate with the support of five political parties. Narrowly placing second in the first round, Türk won the second round in a landslide, defeating Lojze Peterle.

Türk was supported by two parliamentary parties, Positive Slovenia and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia, and four non-parliamentary parties, Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, Democratic Labour Party, Party for Sustainable Development, and Zares.[8]

Borut Pahor

Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats had already considered running for the office in the 2007 election.[9][10] However, he instead decided to concentrate on the then upcoming parliamentary election where his party won and he was elected Prime Minister.[11] In September 2011, Pahor's government lost a confidence vote amidst an economic crisis and political tensions. In the following election, Pahor was elected to the National Assembly while his party lost the plurality of the votes. In June 2012, Pahor unsuccessfully ran for re-election as president of the Social Democrats. He was defeated by Igor Lukšič by a narrow margin.[12] At the same party congress, Pahor announced he would run for President of Slovenia. He received support from the Social Democrats[13] and also from the Civic List, a Conservative Liberal party in the Slovenian center-right government coalition.[14] Pahor also submitted over 4.400 signatures of support.[3] He also received open support by the right-wing leader Janez Janša, which according to the newspaper Delo was the turning point in the campaign, because Pahor won due to the support of right-wing voters.[15]

Milan Zver

 
Milan Zver, SDS and NSi candidate

Milan Zver entered the election as a candidate of two coalition parties, Slovenian Democratic Party and Nova Slovenija.[16][17] Zver, a sociologist and political scientist, served as the Minister for Education and Sports in the centre-right government led by Janez Janša in 2004–2008. In 2009, Zver was elected member of the European Parliament as a candidate of the Slovenian Democratic Party.[18]

Failed or withdrawn

Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti of the Slovenian National Party, who had run for office several times before, also suggested he would run,[19] however, he later changed his decision.[17] Monika Malešič, independent politician, also announced her candidacy.[17] She later withdrew her candidacy due to lack of public support.[20] Marko Kožar, independent politician, who attempted to run in 2002 and 2007 but failed to gather sufficient public support both times, announced his intention to run this year as well but later changed his mind.[21] Other people who announced the intention to run include Miro Žitko, Ladislav Troha, Dušan Egidij Kubot - Totislo, Artur Štern, Martina Valenčič, Fani Eršte, and Milan Robič.[22][23][24][25]

Campaign

All three campaigns stated that their activities would be financially austere in accordance with the situation in the country. Each however, was marked by its own specific style. Pahor carried out a variety of voluntary jobs, and took part in a number of work actions organised by his campaign. Zver participated in numerous political and civil group rallies and similar events across the country. Türk organised a large political meeting in Križanke to inaugurate the campaign, but mostly appeared at presidential events rather than ones that were explicitly campaign oriented. An important part of the three campaigns were the live radio and television debates.

First Round Debates

The very first debate between the three candidates occurred on the afternoon of 23 October 2012 on Radio Slovenia. The first television debate took place in the evening of the same day on TV Slovenia. Samo Uhan, a politologist at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana, stated that the first TV debate would not case a shift in support. He described Türks' performance as presidential, Zvers' as an advocacy of the current governing coalition, and Pahor as being burdened by his negative experiences in the previous parliamentary term. Božidar Novak stated that none of the candidates were outstanding in regard to substance, but that Pahor was slightly better than the other two in terms of style. He described Türk as calm, Zver as condescending, and Pahor as likeable.[26]

The second TV debate was organised and broadcast by POP TV on the evening of 25 October 2012.[27] The broadcast featured a number of interactive elements including a live analysis of web based reactions to the three candidates. According to this method, Pahor performed the best, followed closely by Zver, with Türk shown as the least successful among the three.[28][29]

The third televised live appearance of all three candidates was aired on POP TV on the evening of 2 November 2012. This broadcast had a different format. The candidates were interrogated by a journalist for 25 minutes each and only interacted with each other at the beginning of the show and between the interviews.[30] The above-mentioned method of reaction analysis showed that both Pahor and Zver performed better than Türk.[31]

The fourth TV debate aired on the newly opened Planet TV on the evening of 5 November 2012. During the live broadcast, Episcenter conducted a study of how convincing each of the candidates had been. The results showed that Pahor was successful at convincing 45% of the viewers, followed by Türk with 37% and Zver with 18%.[32] The fifth one was again hosted by TV Slovenia on the evening of 6 November.[33]

The final POP TV debate was broadcast live on the evening of 8 November 2012. Aside from the usual confrontation between the candidates for president it also featured a segment where the women who would become the first lady were questioned by the moderator. An analysis of web based responses indicated that Pahor made the best impression, followed by Türk and revealed Zver as the least convincing.[34]

The final TV Slovenia debate was broadcast live on the evening of 9 November 2012. This event also featured a segment which included the companions of the three candidates.[35]

Election silence came into effect at midnight on the night of 9 November 2012 and lasted until 19:00 CET on the evening of 11 November when the polling stations closed.

Second Round Debates

Opinion polls

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client, reference Sample size Danilo Türk Borut Pahor Milan Zver Undecided, Not voting Lead
27-29 Nov Delo[36] 786 24% 55% - 21% 31%
26-28 Nov Faculty for applied social studies/Slovene beat[37] 903 17.2% 53.6% - 29.1% 36.4%
24–27 Nov Planet SiOL.net[38] 927 28.9% 71.1% - - 42.2%
23–25 Nov Planet SiOL.net[39] 930 31% 69% - - 38%
20–22 Nov Ninamedia/Dnevnik[40] 700 31.6% 53.1% - 15.3% 21.5%
12–20 Nov Planet SiOL.net[41] 526 31.9% 68.1% - - 36.2%
12–15 Nov Delo[42] 645 27% 62% - 11% 35%
11 Nov Milan Zver lost in the first round of the presidential election and therefore dropped out.
5–8 Nov Mediana Institute/RTV Slovenia[43] 616 30% 25% 17% 28% 5%
5–8 Nov Delo[44] 621 44% 31% 25% - 13%
5–7 Nov Faculty for applied social studies/Slovene beat[45] 916 28.5% 30.7% 14.2% 26.6% 2.2%
5–7 Nov RM Plus/Večer[46] 700 24.8% 21.4% 16.6% 37.2% 3.4%
5–7 Nov Delo[47] 817 33% 27% 18% 22% 6%
6 Nov Ninamedia/Dnevnik[48] 600 33.5% 25.5% 17% 24% 8%
26–30 Oct Mediana Institute/RTV Slovenia[49] 611 36% 24% 14% 26% 12%
24–25 Oct Delo[50] 407 43% 20% 13% 24% 23%
22–24 Oct RM Plus/Večer[51] 700 29% 16.6% 15% 39.4% 12.4%
16–18 Oct Vox populi/Dnevnik, POP TV[52] 700 51% 23% 20% 16% 28%
10–16 Oct Episcenter/TSMedia[53] 1005 46% 25% 21% 8% 21%
8–10 Oct Delo[54] 700 46% 24% 16% 14% 22%

Tracking polls

During the last two weeks of the campaign, magazine Mladina, in association with Ninamedia agency, was running a tracking poll to monitor the trends of changes in support for all three candidates. The poll included n=100 daily with n=200 on the last day of the poll. The final prediction of the poll on Friday, 9 November, indicated 43.8% for Türk, 33.6% for Pahor, and 22.6% for Zver, what would result in a second round being necessary. Support for Zver was more or less stable during the two weeks, slightly above 20%. Long-term trend indicated a slight fall of support for Türk[55] with the support beginning to rise again in the last days before the election. While the poll first allowed the possibility of Türk being elected in the first round already, the final prediction stated that Türk and Pahor will face the second round.[56]

Journal Delo ran a tracking poll during the last week of the campaign. Similarly, the final prediction indicated 44% for Türk, 33% for Pahor and 23% for Zver. In the last two days, the poll indicated that some of supporters of Türk migrated to Pahor.[57]

Results and reactions

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Borut PahorSocial Democrats326,00639.87478,85967.37
Danilo TürkIndependent293,42935.88231,97132.63
Milan ZverSDS–NS198,33724.25
Total817,772100.00710,830100.00
Valid votes817,77298.69710,83097.95
Invalid/blank votes10,8521.3114,8702.05
Total votes828,624100.00725,700100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,711,76848.411,711,46142.40
Source: DVK

First round

 
First round winners by electoral unit[58]
Borut Pahor (red)
Danilo Türk (blue)

The first round took place on 11 November. Contrary to predictions, the exit polls indicated that the first round was won by Pahor (41.9%), followed by Türk (37.2%) and Zver (20.8%).[59] After 99.91% of votes counted, Pahor got 40%, followed by Türk with 35.8% and Zver with 24.2%. The voter turnout was record-low at less than 48%. For comparison, the first round of the 2007 election saw 58% of the electorate casting their votes and the 1992 election even more than 85%.[60]

In his first response, Pahor expressed a surprise by the amount of support in the first round and stated that he will aim to continue to be a candidate that is not limited to one side of the political spectrum.[61] Türk mentioned that the low voter turnout indicated the disappointment of people regarding the political situation and that the voters should decide what country they want to live in.[61] Zver thanked his supporters and stated he was "sad" but did not decide which of the remaining two candidates he would endorse in the second round.[61]

In the following days, analysts expressed opinion that Pahor now has better chances in the runoff.[62][63] Pahor appeared to attract votes from both sides of the political spectrum, even one third of the voters of the SDS party. On the other hand, Türk got most of his votes from supporters of Positive Slovenia and from one third of supporters of Pahor's SD.[64] Increasing support of Pahor during the campaign was also attributed to better performance of his in televised debates.[63] Discrepancies between the opinion polls and the results in the first round were attributed to low voter turnout, especially as a part of Türk's supporters presumably stayed at home.[63] Low turnout was also interpreted as people being "fed up" with the political situation in Slovenia.[65]

Second round

Borut Pahor won the second round and the election with 67.3% of the vote.[66] The results were first announced in an exit poll by the Mediana Institute.[67] The result was later confirmed at 67.4% for Pahor to 32.6% for Danilo Türk by the Electoral Commission of Slovenia, with 99.7% of the votes counted.[68] The voter turnout was 41.95%, the lowest in the history of presidential elections in Slovenia (until being surpassed by the 2017 election at 41.84%).[69]

After the results were announced, Pahor reiterated that this "only the beginning, the beginning of something new, a new hope, a new period."[70] Pahor stressed that people need trust, respect, and tolerance. He stated he will keep the promises he made during the campaign and will keep working to help solving the problems the nation faces.[71] Türk congratulated his opponent and stated he will keep an active role in the politics of the country.[72]

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2012, slovenian, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, slovenia, november, 2012, with, held, december, 2012, slovenia, million, registered, voters, chose, between, incumbent, president, danilo, türk, party, candidate, milan, zver, borut,. Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 11 November 2012 with a run off held on 2 December 2012 1 Slovenia s 1 7 million registered voters chose between the incumbent president Danilo Turk the SDS NSi party candidate Milan Zver and Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats 2 who was also supported by the Civic List 3 The first round was won contrary to the opinion poll predictions by Pahor with Turk placing second In the run off election Pahor won with roughly two thirds of the vote 4 2012 Slovenian presidential election 2007 11 November 2012 first round 2 December 2012 second round 2017 Nominee Borut Pahor Danilo TurkParty SD IndependentPopular vote 478 859 231 971Percentage 67 37 32 63 President before electionDanilo TurkIndependent Elected President Borut PahorSD Contents 1 Election Law 2 Candidates 2 1 Danilo Turk 2 2 Borut Pahor 2 3 Milan Zver 2 4 Failed or withdrawn 3 Campaign 3 1 First Round Debates 3 2 Second Round Debates 4 Opinion polls 4 1 Tracking polls 5 Results and reactions 5 1 First round 5 2 Second round 6 References 7 External linksElection Law EditUnder Slovenia s election law candidates for president require support of either 10 members of the National Assembly one or more political parties and either 3 members of the National Assembly or 3 000 voters or 5 000 voters Each political party can support only one candidate In the election the president is elected with a majority of the vote If no candidate receives more than half of votes the top two candidates meet in the second round of election 5 Candidates Edit Ballot paper in the first round of voting The sequence of candidate options was determined via lottery Danilo Turk Edit Danilo Turk the incumbent president announced that he would seek re election for a second term as an independent candidate and 6 submitted over 13 000 signatures of support to the election commission Turk a former United Nations diplomat and professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana 7 entered the 2007 election as an independent candidate with the support of five political parties Narrowly placing second in the first round Turk won the second round in a landslide defeating Lojze Peterle Turk was supported by two parliamentary parties Positive Slovenia and Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia and four non parliamentary parties Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Democratic Labour Party Party for Sustainable Development and Zares 8 Borut Pahor Edit Borut Pahor of the Social Democrats had already considered running for the office in the 2007 election 9 10 However he instead decided to concentrate on the then upcoming parliamentary election where his party won and he was elected Prime Minister 11 In September 2011 Pahor s government lost a confidence vote amidst an economic crisis and political tensions In the following election Pahor was elected to the National Assembly while his party lost the plurality of the votes In June 2012 Pahor unsuccessfully ran for re election as president of the Social Democrats He was defeated by Igor Luksic by a narrow margin 12 At the same party congress Pahor announced he would run for President of Slovenia He received support from the Social Democrats 13 and also from the Civic List a Conservative Liberal party in the Slovenian center right government coalition 14 Pahor also submitted over 4 400 signatures of support 3 He also received open support by the right wing leader Janez Jansa which according to the newspaper Delo was the turning point in the campaign because Pahor won due to the support of right wing voters 15 Milan Zver Edit Milan Zver SDS and NSi candidate Milan Zver entered the election as a candidate of two coalition parties Slovenian Democratic Party and Nova Slovenija 16 17 Zver a sociologist and political scientist served as the Minister for Education and Sports in the centre right government led by Janez Jansa in 2004 2008 In 2009 Zver was elected member of the European Parliament as a candidate of the Slovenian Democratic Party 18 Failed or withdrawn Edit Zmago Jelincic Plemeniti of the Slovenian National Party who had run for office several times before also suggested he would run 19 however he later changed his decision 17 Monika Malesic independent politician also announced her candidacy 17 She later withdrew her candidacy due to lack of public support 20 Marko Kozar independent politician who attempted to run in 2002 and 2007 but failed to gather sufficient public support both times announced his intention to run this year as well but later changed his mind 21 Other people who announced the intention to run include Miro Zitko Ladislav Troha Dusan Egidij Kubot Totislo Artur Stern Martina Valencic Fani Erste and Milan Robic 22 23 24 25 Campaign EditAll three campaigns stated that their activities would be financially austere in accordance with the situation in the country Each however was marked by its own specific style Pahor carried out a variety of voluntary jobs and took part in a number of work actions organised by his campaign Zver participated in numerous political and civil group rallies and similar events across the country Turk organised a large political meeting in Krizanke to inaugurate the campaign but mostly appeared at presidential events rather than ones that were explicitly campaign oriented An important part of the three campaigns were the live radio and television debates First Round Debates Edit The very first debate between the three candidates occurred on the afternoon of 23 October 2012 on Radio Slovenia The first television debate took place in the evening of the same day on TV Slovenia Samo Uhan a politologist at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana stated that the first TV debate would not case a shift in support He described Turks performance as presidential Zvers as an advocacy of the current governing coalition and Pahor as being burdened by his negative experiences in the previous parliamentary term Bozidar Novak stated that none of the candidates were outstanding in regard to substance but that Pahor was slightly better than the other two in terms of style He described Turk as calm Zver as condescending and Pahor as likeable 26 The second TV debate was organised and broadcast by POP TV on the evening of 25 October 2012 27 The broadcast featured a number of interactive elements including a live analysis of web based reactions to the three candidates According to this method Pahor performed the best followed closely by Zver with Turk shown as the least successful among the three 28 29 The third televised live appearance of all three candidates was aired on POP TV on the evening of 2 November 2012 This broadcast had a different format The candidates were interrogated by a journalist for 25 minutes each and only interacted with each other at the beginning of the show and between the interviews 30 The above mentioned method of reaction analysis showed that both Pahor and Zver performed better than Turk 31 The fourth TV debate aired on the newly opened Planet TV on the evening of 5 November 2012 During the live broadcast Episcenter conducted a study of how convincing each of the candidates had been The results showed that Pahor was successful at convincing 45 of the viewers followed by Turk with 37 and Zver with 18 32 The fifth one was again hosted by TV Slovenia on the evening of 6 November 33 The final POP TV debate was broadcast live on the evening of 8 November 2012 Aside from the usual confrontation between the candidates for president it also featured a segment where the women who would become the first lady were questioned by the moderator An analysis of web based responses indicated that Pahor made the best impression followed by Turk and revealed Zver as the least convincing 34 The final TV Slovenia debate was broadcast live on the evening of 9 November 2012 This event also featured a segment which included the companions of the three candidates 35 Election silence came into effect at midnight on the night of 9 November 2012 and lasted until 19 00 CET on the evening of 11 November when the polling stations closed Second Round Debates EditOpinion polls EditDate s conducted Polling organisation client reference Sample size Danilo Turk Borut Pahor Milan Zver Undecided Not voting Lead27 29 Nov Delo 36 786 24 55 21 31 26 28 Nov Faculty for applied social studies Slovene beat 37 903 17 2 53 6 29 1 36 4 24 27 Nov Planet SiOL net 38 927 28 9 71 1 42 2 23 25 Nov Planet SiOL net 39 930 31 69 38 20 22 Nov Ninamedia Dnevnik 40 700 31 6 53 1 15 3 21 5 12 20 Nov Planet SiOL net 41 526 31 9 68 1 36 2 12 15 Nov Delo 42 645 27 62 11 35 11 Nov Milan Zver lost in the first round of the presidential election and therefore dropped out 5 8 Nov Mediana Institute RTV Slovenia 43 616 30 25 17 28 5 5 8 Nov Delo 44 621 44 31 25 13 5 7 Nov Faculty for applied social studies Slovene beat 45 916 28 5 30 7 14 2 26 6 2 2 5 7 Nov RM Plus Vecer 46 700 24 8 21 4 16 6 37 2 3 4 5 7 Nov Delo 47 817 33 27 18 22 6 6 Nov Ninamedia Dnevnik 48 600 33 5 25 5 17 24 8 26 30 Oct Mediana Institute RTV Slovenia 49 611 36 24 14 26 12 24 25 Oct Delo 50 407 43 20 13 24 23 22 24 Oct RM Plus Vecer 51 700 29 16 6 15 39 4 12 4 16 18 Oct Vox populi Dnevnik POP TV 52 700 51 23 20 16 28 10 16 Oct Episcenter TSMedia 53 1005 46 25 21 8 21 8 10 Oct Delo 54 700 46 24 16 14 22 Tracking polls Edit During the last two weeks of the campaign magazine Mladina in association with Ninamedia agency was running a tracking poll to monitor the trends of changes in support for all three candidates The poll included n 100 daily with n 200 on the last day of the poll The final prediction of the poll on Friday 9 November indicated 43 8 for Turk 33 6 for Pahor and 22 6 for Zver what would result in a second round being necessary Support for Zver was more or less stable during the two weeks slightly above 20 Long term trend indicated a slight fall of support for Turk 55 with the support beginning to rise again in the last days before the election While the poll first allowed the possibility of Turk being elected in the first round already the final prediction stated that Turk and Pahor will face the second round 56 Journal Delo ran a tracking poll during the last week of the campaign Similarly the final prediction indicated 44 for Turk 33 for Pahor and 23 for Zver In the last two days the poll indicated that some of supporters of Turk migrated to Pahor 57 Results and reactions EditCandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes Votes Borut PahorSocial Democrats326 00639 87478 85967 37Danilo TurkIndependent293 42935 88231 97132 63Milan ZverSDS NS198 33724 25Total817 772100 00710 830100 00Valid votes817 77298 69710 83097 95Invalid blank votes10 8521 3114 8702 05Total votes828 624100 00725 700100 00Registered voters turnout1 711 76848 411 711 46142 40Source DVKFirst round Edit First round winners by electoral unit 58 Borut Pahor red Danilo Turk blue The first round took place on 11 November Contrary to predictions the exit polls indicated that the first round was won by Pahor 41 9 followed by Turk 37 2 and Zver 20 8 59 After 99 91 of votes counted Pahor got 40 followed by Turk with 35 8 and Zver with 24 2 The voter turnout was record low at less than 48 For comparison the first round of the 2007 election saw 58 of the electorate casting their votes and the 1992 election even more than 85 60 In his first response Pahor expressed a surprise by the amount of support in the first round and stated that he will aim to continue to be a candidate that is not limited to one side of the political spectrum 61 Turk mentioned that the low voter turnout indicated the disappointment of people regarding the political situation and that the voters should decide what country they want to live in 61 Zver thanked his supporters and stated he was sad but did not decide which of the remaining two candidates he would endorse in the second round 61 In the following days analysts expressed opinion that Pahor now has better chances in the runoff 62 63 Pahor appeared to attract votes from both sides of the political spectrum even one third of the voters of the SDS party On the other hand Turk got most of his votes from supporters of Positive Slovenia and from one third of supporters of Pahor s SD 64 Increasing support of Pahor during the campaign was also attributed to better performance of his in televised debates 63 Discrepancies between the opinion polls and the results in the first round were attributed to low voter turnout especially as a part of Turk s supporters presumably stayed at home 63 Low turnout was also interpreted as people being fed up with the political situation in Slovenia 65 Second round Edit Borut Pahor won the second round and the election with 67 3 of the vote 66 The results were first announced in an exit poll by the Mediana Institute 67 The result was later confirmed at 67 4 for Pahor to 32 6 for Danilo Turk by the Electoral Commission of Slovenia with 99 7 of the votes counted 68 The voter turnout was 41 95 the lowest in the history of presidential elections in Slovenia until being surpassed by the 2017 election at 41 84 69 After the results were announced Pahor reiterated that this only the beginning the beginning of something new a new hope a new period 70 Pahor stressed that people need trust respect and tolerance He stated he will keep the promises he made during the campaign and will keep working to help solving the problems the nation faces 71 Turk congratulated his opponent and stated he will keep an active role in the politics of the country 72 References Edit Predsednika republike bomo izbirali 11 novembra Rtvslo si Retrieved 25 July 2012 Pahor uradno kandidat SD ja za predsednika drzave MMC RTV Slo 5 July 2012 Retrieved 21 January 2013 a b Izbirali bomo med Turkom Pahorjem in Zverom RTV SLO 18 October 2012 Retrieved 19 October 2012 Pahorju dobrih 67 odstotkov Turku pa slabih 33 odstotkov Prvi interaktivni 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