2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia

2019 European Parliament elections were held in Slovenia on 26 May 2019. This was the most recent in the series of four elections held over the period of two years.

2019 European Parliament election in Slovenia

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All 8 Slovenian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	28.89%
First party Second party   Leader Milan Zver Tanja Fajon Party SDS + SLS SD Alliance EPP PES Last election 3 (+1) seats, 41.4%^[a] 1 seat, 8.1% Seats won 2 (+1) 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 126,534 89,936 Percentage 26.25% 18.66% Swing N/A 9.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Irena Joveva Ljudmila Novak Party LMŠ NSi Alliance ALDE EPP Last election – 16.6%^[b] Seats won 2 1 Seat change New 0 Popular vote 74,431 53,621 Percentage 15.44% 11.12% Swing New N/A

Candidates

	Political Party	Candidate and Leader	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
	List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ - ALDE)	Irena Joveva	Klemen Grošelj	Edis Rujović	Katja Domij	Jasna Ružicki	Justina Erčulj	Rudi Spruk	Luka Kočevar
	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS - EDP)	Igor Šoltes	Damjan Stanonik	Tereza Novak	Zdenka Gajzer	Vitomir Mavrič	Maja Sušec	Peter Boršič	Vesna Dragan
	Good State (DD)	Peter Golob	Natalija Tripković	Smiljan Mekicar	Mateja Čadež	Igor Gobec	Simona Leskovec	Tilen Majnardi	Urška Makovec
	New Slovenia (NSi - EPP)	Ljudmila Novak	Jožef Horvat	Lojze Peterle	Iva Dimic	Mojca Erjavec	Katja Berk Bevc	Franci Demšar	Žiga Turk
	Patriotic League (DOM)	Bernard Brščič	Lucija Šikovec Ušaj	Norma Marija Korošec	Marko Oblak
	Modern Centre Party (SMC - ALDE)	Gregor Perič	Helena Cvikl	Janja Sluga	Miha Rebolj	Branislav Rajić	Bojana Cvahte	Vesna Ugrinovski	Aleš Prijon
	Party of Alenka Bratušek (SAB - ALDE)	Angelika Mlinar	Jernej Pavlič	Olga Belec	Andrej Rajh	Đorđe Berak	Mateja Zupan	Andrej Šušmelj	Nina Mauhler
	Slovene National Party (SNS)	Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti	Tomaž Krajnc	Jernej Ahčin	Alenka Jelenovič	Marija Župevc	Andrej Dočinski	Katarina Žunko	Ivana Bendra
	Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS - EPP) + Slovenian People's Party (SLS - EPP)	Milan Zver	Romana Tomc	Patricija Šulin	Franc Bogovič	Franc Kangler	Alenka Forte	Davorin Kopše	Alja Domjan
	Social Democrats (SD - PES)	Tanja Fajon	Matjaž Nemec	Dominika Švarc Pipan	Milan Brglez	Neva Grašič	Ljubica Jelušič	Franc Hočevar	Aleksander Jevšek
	The Left (Levica - PEL)	Violeta Tomič	Sašo Slaček Brlek	Ana Štromajer	Danijel Rebolj	Urška Lipovž	Lovro Centrih	Alma Rekić	Luka Mesec
	Let's Connect (Povežimo se - Greens)	Urša Zgojznik	Boštjan Tavčar	Josip Rotar	Marjana Škalič Žužek	Domen Savič	Karel Šrot	Nermina Simončič	Petra Greiner

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. The projected numbers of MP's per party, if available, are listed in brackets. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling firm/Publisher(s)	Sample size	SDS+SLS EPP	SDS EPP	LMŠ ALDE	SD PES	SMC ALDE	SAB ALDE	The Left PEL	NSi EPP	DeSUS EDP	SNS	SLS EPP	Oth.	None	Und.	Not vote	Lead
8. - 15. May 2019	Delo^[1]	–	12.2%	–	10.7%	11.1%	1.2%	2.6%	6.4%	7.3%	3.5%	8.1%	–	5.5%	–	–	–	1.1%
16. - 24. April 2019	POP TV^[2]	–	12.3%	–	10.1%	12.2%	2.4%	3.1%	5.9%	6.4%	3.3%	7.2%	–	4.5%	2.6%	18.8%	7.0%	0.1%
1. - 11. Apr 2019	Dnevnik^[3]	–	15.7%	–	16.5%	16.5%	<1.0%	4.2%	7.0%	8.3%	8.2%	<1.0	–	–	–	14.8%	–	Tie
1. - 11. Apr 2019	Delo^[3]	–	16.8%	–	9.7%	11.5%	1.8%	2.7%	8.3%	6.5%	4.6%	6.5%	–	–	–	30.0%	–	5.3%
28 March	SDS and SLS announce joint bid
18. Feb 2019	European Parliament/MMC RTVSLO^[4]	–	–	26.6% (3)	25.6% (3)	14.7% (1)	2.8% (0)	3.0% (0)	12.1% (1)	5.1% (0)	3.8% (0)	6.0% (0)	–	0.4%	–	–	–	1.0%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party + People's Party	126,534	26.25	3	–1
	Social Democrats	89,936	18.66	2	+1
	List of Marjan Šarec	74,431	15.44	2	New
	New Slovenia	53,621	11.12	1	0
	The Left	30,983	6.43	0	0
	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia	27,329	5.67	0	–1
	Alliance of Alenka Bratušek	19,369	4.02	0	New
	Slovenian National Party	19,347	4.01	0	0
	Greens of Slovenia	10,706	2.22	0	0
	Patriotic League	8,184	1.70	0	New
	Let's Connect	7,980	1.66	0	New
	Modern Centre Party	7,823	1.62	0	New
	United Slovenia Movement	3,288	0.68	0	New
	Good State	2,544	0.53	0	New
Total		482,075	100.00	8	0
Valid votes		482,075	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		10,382	2.11
Total votes		492,457	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,704,866	28.89
Source: Volitve

List of elected MEPs

MEP			Party	Preference votes	% of list	Term Length
		Tanja Fajon	SD	54,651	60.77%	1 July 2009 – 18 May 2022
		Irena Joveva	LMŠ	42,190	56.68%	2 July 2019 –
		Romana Tomc	SDS	40,668	32.14%	1 July 2014 –
		Milan Zver	SDS	26,674	21.08%	1 July 2009 –
		Ljudmila Novak	NSi	19,558	36.47%	20 July 2004 – 30 June 2009, 2 July 2019 –
		Franc Bogovič	SLS	13,743	10.86%	1 July 2014 –
		Milan Brglez	SD	7,152	7.95%	2 July 2019 –
		Klemen Grošelj	LMŠ	6,494	8.72%	2 July 2019 –
		Matjaž Nemec	SD	/	/	18 May 2022 –

Notes

1. Includes results for SDS (3 seats, 24.8%) and the SLS + NSi alliance (2 seats, 16.6%).
2. Results for the SLS + NSi alliance (2 seats, 16.6%).

Inaccessible polling places dispute

Before the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum, two voters with disabilities requested that the authorities make their polling places accessible.^[5] Their requests were denied, and the courts rejected their lawsuits and appeals. Before the 2019 European Parliament elections, they extended their requests to these elections. When the authorities rejected their requests, they submitted, together with the Slovenian Disability Rights Association (Drupis), applications to the European Court of Human Rights.^[5] In January 2020, the Court communicated the cases with the government of Slovenia.^[6] As of January 2020, the cases, called Toplak v. Slovenia and Mrak v. Slovenia, are ongoing.

The Right to Vote by Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Before the 2019 European Parliament elections, disability groups Sonček and Slovenian Disability Rights Association, and a law professor Jurij Toplak, called for legislative amendments for the recognition of the right to vote for persons with disabilities, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.^[7] They also initiated proceedings with the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, which rejected three of their appeals.^[8][9][10] They filed a complaint with the European Commission and asked for an infringement procedure.^[11] As of September 2020, the procedure is ongoing.^[11]

References

1. "Mediana: pred volitvami najbolje kaže SDS in SLS, podpora vladi pada". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. "Če bi bile evropske volitve danes, bi zmagala lista SDS in SLS". www.24ur.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
3. "Bo SNS veliko presenečenje evropskih volitev?". www.24ur.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
4. "Desna sredina ostaja na čelu v Evropi, opazen vzpon skrajne desnice". www.rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
5. "STA: Disabled take Slovenia to Human Rights Court over polling stations accessibility". english.sta.si. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
6. "HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights". hudoc.echr.coe.int. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
7. "STA: Zveza Sonček za vrnitev volilne pravice osebam z intelektualno oviranostjo". www.sta.si. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
8. "Constitutional Court of Slovenia decision U-I-82/19" (PDF).
9. "Constitutional Court of Slovenia decision U-I-151/19" (PDF).
10. "Constitutional Court of Slovenia decision U-I-152/19" (PDF).
11. Toplak, Jurij (7 September 2020). "Voting is every EU citizen's right, regardless of disability". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 13 September 2020.