Slovenia opens polling stations for parliamentary elections
Slovenia has approximately 1.7 million eligible voters.
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A protester draped with a Slovenian flag (Getty)
The State Election Commission confirmed on Sunday that polling stations for the National Assembly elections in Slovenia had opened, with approximately 1.7 million people eligible to vote.
The Slovenian National Assembly has 90 legislators, 88 of whom are elected by open list proportional representation in eight 11-seat districts. The Italian and Hungarian minorities choose the two remaining legislators. The voting began at 05:00 GMT and will end at 17:00 GMT.
According to the election commission, "There are 1,695,766 people eligible to vote, including 106,753 located abroad."
Slovenia had early voting from April 19-21, with 130,151 persons participating, accounting for 7.67% of all voters.
Over 20 political parties are in competition in Slovenia, including the ruling right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party (SDP) led by Prime Minister Janez Jansa, and the center-left Freedom Movement formally known as the Green Actions Party led by Robert Golob, which are considered the front runners.
According to recent polls, no party is likely to win a majority, however, the Freedom Movement is projected to win with 27% of the vote, while the SDP would take 23.5%.
