Opposition heading for victory in Slovenia
Borut Pahor’s Social Democrats (SD) look to be on course for a narrow victory in the country’s parliamentary election.
Monday, 22.09.2008.
10:03
Borut Pahor’s Social Democrats (SD) look to be on course for a narrow victory in the country’s parliamentary election. According to the State Electoral Commission, with 99.97 percent of votes counted, the SD has 30.5 percent of the vote, while incumbent Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s Democratic Party has 29.32 percent, reports Slovenian agency STA. Opposition heading for victory in Slovenia The SD, together with its informal pre-election partners—Zares with 9.4 percent and the Liberal Democrats with 5.19 percent—would have 43 seats in the 90-seat Slovenian parliament, so that in order to gain a ruling majority, they will have to seek the support of one other party. Commentators believe that the fate of the new government will be decided by the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS), which, according to the latest results, won 7.44 percent of the vote, translating into seven seats. The final results will be known in a week’s time once the votes from abroad have been counted. Borut Pahor (FoNet)
Opposition heading for victory in Slovenia
The SD, together with its informal pre-election partners—Zares with 9.4 percent and the Liberal Democrats with 5.19 percent—would have 43 seats in the 90-seat Slovenian parliament, so that in order to gain a ruling majority, they will have to seek the support of one other party.Commentators believe that the fate of the new government will be decided by the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS), which, according to the latest results, won 7.44 percent of the vote, translating into seven seats.
The final results will be known in a week’s time once the votes from abroad have been counted.
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