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The National Assembly (Slovene: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, pronounced [dəɾˈʒàːwni ˈzbɔ́ɾ ɾɛˈpúːblikɛ slɔˈʋèːnijɛ][2] or [-ˈzbɔ̀ːɾ-][2]) is the general representative body of Slovenia. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively incompletely bicameral Slovenian Parliament, the legislative branch of the Republic of Slovenia.[3][4] It has 90 members, elected for a four-year term. 88 members are elected using the party-list proportional representation system and the remaining two, using the Borda count, by the Hungarian and Italian-speaking ethnic minorities, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.

National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia

Državni zbor Republike Slovenije
9th National Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Urška Klakočar Zupančič, GS
since 13 May 2022
Structure
Seats90
Political groups
Government (52)[1]
  •   GS (40)
  •   SD (7)
  •   The Left (5)

Supported by (2)

  •   Italian and Hungarian national minorities (2)[a]

Opposition (36)

Elections
Open list proportional representation with a 4% election threshold
First election
8 and 12 April 1990
Last election
24 April 2022
Next election
On or before 24 April 2026
Meeting place
National Assembly Building, Ljubljana
Website
https://www.dz-rs.si
A view of the building from across Republic Square

As of May 2022, the 9th National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia is in session.

Legislative procedure

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A bill can be submitted to the National Assembly by:

The legislative procedure begins when the Speaker passes a bill to the MPs.

There are three possible legislative procedures:

  • regular legislative procedure
  • abbreviated legislative procedure
  • urgent legislative procedure

Bills are normally passed by a majority of the present MPs. If the Constitution demands a two-thirds majority (laws regulating electoral systems, referendums and constitutional laws which amend the Constitution), then at least 60 of the 90 MPs must vote for the bill for passage.

Regular legislative procedure

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First reading

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The first reading is completed with passing the bill to the MPs by the Speaker, unless ten MPs request a session of the assembly within 15 days to discuss reasons why bill was submitted.

If the session is held, the assembly must vote on the resolution if the bill is appropriate for a further procedure.

The Speaker determines a working body that will discuss the bill in the further procedure. Other bodies can also discuss the bill if there is such interest, however they cannot vote on it.

Second reading

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During the second reading bill is first discussed by the working body that can amend the bill and make a report on the bill which is the basis for the plenary of assembly. Working body discusses and votes on each article of the bill. Assembly later votes and discusses only the articles that were amended during the session of the working body.

Assembly and working body can accept a resolution that the bill is not appropriate for a furder procedure if not such resolution was accepted during the first reading.

Third reading

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In the third reading working body and assembly vote on the bill as a whole. If it is accepted the bill is sent to the President to sign it.

Shortened legislative procedure

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During shortened legislative procedure there is no first reading and the second and third readings are held at the same session.

It can be applied for a bills that regulate minor matters, another law is abolished with the bill, if national laws have to be harmonised with Acquis communautaire or when bill regulates procedures before the Constitutional Court or Constitutional Court order changes of the laws.

Urgent legislative procedure

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Bill can be passed under urgent procedure if it is important for the security or defence of the country, if it is addressing the consequences of natural disasters or it is proposed to prevent irreversible consequences for the country.

There is no first reading, the second and third readings are held at the same session, amendments to the bill can be given orally and timeline of the procedure is shorter.

Demand for new vote on the law

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When the bill is passed, the National Council can demand that National Assembly vote again on the bill. A greater majority is needed to pass the bill in the new vote.

List of speakers of the National Assembly

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Main article: List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Slovenia

1. France Bučar (SDZ): 9 May 1990 – 23 December 1992
2. Herman Rigelnik (LDS): 23 December 1992 – 14 September 1994
-- Miroslav Mozetič (acting) (SKD): 14 September 1994 - 16 September 1994
3. Jožef Školč (LDS): 16 September 1994 – 3 December 1996
4. Janez Podobnik (SLS): 3 December 1996 – 27 October 2000
5. Borut Pahor (ZLSD): 10 November 2000 – 9 July 2004
-- Valentin Pohorec (acting) (DeSUS): 9–12 July 2004
6. Feri Horvat (ZLSD): 12 July 2004 – 22 October 2004
7. France Cukjati (SDS): 22 October 2004 – 15 October 2008
8. Pavel Gantar (Zares): 15 October 2008 – 2 September 2011
-- Vasja Klavora (acting) (Desus): 2 September 2011
9. Ljubo Germič (LDS): 2 September 2011 – 21 December 2011
10. Gregor Virant (LGV/DL): 21 December 2011 – 28 January 2013
-- Jakob Presečnik (acting) (SLS): 28 January 2013 – 27 February 2013
11. Janko Veber (SD): 27 February 2013 – 1 August 2014
12. Milan Brglez (SMC): 1 August 2014 – 22 June 2018
13. Matej Tonin (NSi): 22 June 2018 – 23 August 2018
-- Tina Heferle (acting) (LMŠ): 23 August 2018
14. Dejan Židan (SD): 23 August 2018 – 3 March 2020
-- Branko Simonovič (acting) (Desus): 3 March 2020 - 5 March 2020
15. Igor Zorčič (SMC): 5 March 2020 - 13 May 2022
16. Urška Klakočar Zupančič (GS): 13 May 2022 - (incumbent)

Electoral system

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The 90 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods. 88 are elected by open list proportional representation in eight 11-seat constituencies and seats are allocated to the parties at the constituency level using the Droop quota. The elected Deputies are identified by ranking all of a party's candidates in a constituency by the percentage of votes they received in their district. The seats that remain unallocated are allocated to the parties at the national level using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 4%.[5] Although the country is divided into 88 electoral districts, deputies are not elected from all 88 districts. More than one deputy is elected in some districts, which results in some districts not having an elected deputy (for instance, 21 of 88 electoral districts did not have an elected deputy in the 2014 elections).[6] Parties must have at least 35% of their lists from each gender, except in cases where there are only three candidates. For these lists, there must be at least one candidate of each gender.[7][8]

Two additional deputies are elected by the Italian and Hungarian minorities. Voters rank all of the candidates on the ballot paper using numbers (1 being highest priority). A candidate is awarded the most points (equal to the number of candidates on the ballot paper) when a voter ranks them first. The candidate with most points wins.[9][5]

 
Slovenian anthem text in the lobby of NA.

Latest election

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Main article: 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
This template is an excerpt from 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election § Results.[edit]
 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Freedom Movement410,76934.4541New
Slovenian Democratic Party279,89723.4827+2
New Slovenia – Christian Democrats81,7946.868+1
Social Democrats79,7096.697–3
The Left53,2344.465–4
List of Marjan Šarec44,4013.720–13
Let's Connect Slovenia40,6123.410–10
Resni.ca34,1072.860New
Party of Alenka Bratušek31,1172.610–5
Healthy Society Movement [sl]21,0211.760New
Our Future [sl] and Good State20,2791.7000
Pirate Party19,4801.6300
Our Country17,8461.500New
Slovenian National Party17,7361.490–4
Vesna – Green Party16,0891.350New
For the People of Slovenia [sl]8,3400.700New
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia7,8400.660–5
List of Boris Popovič – Let's Digitize Slovenia [sl]5,1740.430New
Homeland League (Slovenia) [sl]2,1170.180New
Liberate Slovenia Alliance5630.050New
United Slovenia Movement [sl]1680.0100
Italian and Hungarian national minorities20
Total1,192,293100.00900
Valid votes1,192,29399.08
Invalid/blank votes11,0800.92
Total votes1,203,373100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,695,77170.96
Source: [1]
 
President of NA Dejan Židan (in the middle)

Elections of the representatives of national minorities

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Italian national minority

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Candidate Points % Notes
Felice Žiža 2,511 44.78 Elected
Maurizio Tremul 2,095 37.36
Bruno Orlando 1,001 17.85
Valid votes 1,428 98.69
Invalid/blank votes 19 1.31
Total 1,447 100
Source: Volitve

Hungarian national minority

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Candidate Points % Notes
Ferenc Horvath 4,193 60.20 Elected
Gabriela Sobočan 2,772 39.80
Valid votes 3,001 98.62
Invalid/blank votes 42 1.38
Total 3,043 100
Source: Volitve

Historical composition of the Slovenian National Assembly

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  SSS
  SMS
  ZL/Levica
  ZKS/ZLSD/SD
  LZJ-PS
  Zares
  LDS
  GS
  SAB
  LMŠ
  SMC
  DeSUS
  LGV
  SOS
  DS
  ZS
  SKD
  SDZ
  N.Si
  SLS
  SDSS/SDS
  SNS
  Minorities
1990
5 14 12 3 8 11 8 11 6 2
1992
14 22 6 5 15 10 4 12 2
1996
9 25 5 10 19 16 4 2
2000
4 11 34 4 8 9 14 4 2
2004
10 23 4 9 7 29 6 2
2008
29 9 5 7 5 28 5 2
2011
10 28 6 8 4 6 26 2
2014
6 6 4 36 10 5 21 2
2018
9 10 5 13 10 5 7 25 4 2
2022
5 7 41 7 27 2

Terms

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Members

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Notes

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  1. ^ Usually supports the Government
  2. ^
  3. ^
    • Mojca Šetinc Pašek

References

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  1. ^ "Slovenia's lawmakers approve ex-business executive as prime minister". reuters.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Slovenski pravopis 2001 - Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU in Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti - izid poizvedbe". bos.zrc-sazu.si.
  3. ^ "U-I-295/07-8" (in Slovenian). Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia. 22 October 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ^ Lakota, Igor (2006). Sistem nepopolne dvodomnosti v slovenskem parlamentu (diplomska naloga) [The System of Incomplete Bicameralism in the Slovenian Parliament (diploma thesis)] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. p. 62. 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.
  5. ^ a b National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia State Election Commission
  6. ^ "Imamo sploh legalno volilno zakonodajo za državni zbor?". Časnik Večer d.o.o. (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  7. ^ Electoral system IPU
  8. ^ "Zakon o volitvah v državni zbor (ZVDZ)". pisrs. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  9. ^ "Navodila in rokovnik - DZ 2018 | Državna volilna komisija". Državna volilna komisija. Retrieved 2018-06-16.

Further reading

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  • Toplak, Jurij. The parliamentary election in Slovenia, October 2004. Electoral Studies 25 (2006) 825-831.
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