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SLOVENIA
Population
Total population in Slovenia is 2,065,895 by 1st January 2017. 11.88% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Slovenians is 42.1 which is slightly more than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary election was held in July 2014. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Party of Miro Cerar |
34.49 |
Social democracy |
|
Slovenian Democratic Party |
20.71 |
Social democracy |
|
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia |
10.18 |
Special issue |
|
United List -- Social Democrats |
5.98 |
Social democracy |
|
United Left |
5.97 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
New Slovenia -- Christian People's Party |
5.59 |
Christian democracy |
|
Alliance of Alenka Bratusek |
4.38 |
Social democracy |
|
Slovenian People's Party |
3.95 |
Christian democracy |
|
Zoran Jankovic's List -- Positive Slovenia |
2.97 |
Social democracy |
Electoral System
The system used in Slovenia is Open List PR in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (idea.int). The voter turnout in 2014 election was 51.73% (idea.int).
Quality of Democracy
Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Slovenia is ranked 34th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 61 out of 100.
Gender Equality
36% of the parliamentarians are women currently. The Electoral Law promotes at least 35% representation of both sexes (idea.int).