1990 Slovenian presidential election

1990 Slovenian presidential election

8 April 1990

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

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

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