1990 Slovenian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 8 April 1990, with a second round on 22 April.^[1] Voters elected the four members of the presidency and the President of the presidency.^[1] Ciril Zlobec, Ivan Oman, Matjaž Kmecl and Dušan Plut were elected to the presidency, whilst Milan Kučan was elected President in the second round.^[2]

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

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
			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

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