List of political parties in Slovenia

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This article lists political parties in Slovenia. Since 1989, Slovenia has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which one party rarely has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other forming coalitions.

Parliamentary parties

		Ideology	Leader	Seats
GS	Freedom Movement Gibanje Svoboda	Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Robert Golob	41 / 90
SDS	Slovenian Democratic Party Slovenska demokratska stranka	Slovenian nationalism, Right-wing populism	Janez Janša	27 / 90
NSi	New Slovenia - Christian Democrats Nova Slovenija - Krščanski demokrati	Christian democracy, Social conservativism	Matej Tonin	8 / 90
SD	Social Democrats Socialni demokrati	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Tanja Fajon	7 / 90
Levica	The Left Levica	Communism, Soft Euroscepticism	Asta Vrečko	5 / 90

Extra-parliamentary parties

		Main ideology	Leader	Last Election
ZZP	Alliance for Primorska Zveza za Primorsko	Regionalism	Aleksander Lemut	2011
Zeleni	Greens of Slovenia Zeleni Slovenije	Populism^[1] Green politics	Andrej Čuš	2022
Konkretno	Concretely Konkretno	Liberalism, Conservative liberalism	Zdravko Počivalšek	2022
DeSUS	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije	Pensioners' interests, Single-issue politics	Ljubo Jasnič	2022
ZD	For a Healthy Society Za zdravo družbo	Single-issue politics Anti-corruption	Gregor Kos	2022
NPS	Forward Slovenia Naprej Slovenija	Slovenian nationalism Populism^[2]	Blaž Svetek	2018
DD	Good Country Dobra država	Anti-corruption Anti-elitism^[3]	Smiljan Mekicar	2022
LDS	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia Liberalna demokracija Slovenije	Liberalism Social liberalism^[4]	Anton Anderlič	2011
LIDE	Liberal Democrats Liberalni demokrati	Liberalism	Igor Zorčič	Did not participate
LNBP	List of Journalist Bojan Požar Lista novinarja Bojana Požarja	Anti-elitism Populism^[5]	Bojan Požar	2018
NLS	New People's Party of Slovenia Nova ljudska stranka Slovenije	Conservatism Agrarianism^[6]	Franc Kangler	2022
NS	New Social Democrats Novi socialdemokrati	Christian socialism Social Democracy^[7]	Milan Balažic	2022
ND	Our Country Naša Dežela	Centrism	Aleksandra Pivec	2022
SSN	Party of Slovenian People Stranka slovenskega naroda	Direct democracy Soft euroscepticism	Marjan Žandar	2022
Pirati	Pirate Party of Slovenia Piratska stranka Slovenije	Pirate politics Freedom of information^[8]	Boštjan Tavčar	2022
SLS	Slovenian People's Party Slovenska ljudska stranka	Conservatism Agrarianism	Marko Zidanšek	2022
SNS	Slovenian National Party, Slovenska nacionalna stranka	Ultranationalism, Hard Euroscepticism	Zmago Jelinčič	2022
SPS	Socialist Party of Slovenia Socialistična partija Slovenije	Marxism-Leninism Socialism	Tadej Trček	2018
SSSS	Social Party of Serbs of Slovenia Socialna stranka Srbov Slovenije	Single-issue politics Minority politics^[9]	Saša Gajić	Did not participate
Solidarnost	Solidarity - For a Fair Society! Solidarnost - za pravično družbo!	Social democracy Progressivism^[10]	Uroš Lubej	2018
Vesna	Spring – Green Party Vesna – zelena stranka	Green politics	Uroš Macerl, Urška Zgojznik	2022
DP	Taxpayers Davkoplačevalci se ne damo	Single-issue politics Populism	Vili Kovačič	2018
Resni.ca	Tru.th Resni.ca	Populism Anti-lockdown	Zoran Stevanović	2022
ZSi	United Slovenia Zedinjena Slovenija	Slovenian nationalism Populism^[11]	Andrej Šiško	2022
Sloga	Unity Sloga	Anti-capitalism^[12]	Janko Veber	2022
GOD	Voice for Children and Families Glas za otroke in družine	Christian democracy Social conservativism^[13]	Aleš Primc	2018
SMS	Youth Party – European Greens Stranka mladih – Zeleni Evrope	Green politics	Igor Jurišič	2008

Historical parties

Slovene People's Party (1892–1945), conservative political party
National Progressive Party (1894–1919), liberal political party
Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party (1898–1919), left-wing political party
Independent Agrarian Party (1919–1926), liberal agrarian political party
Slovene Peasant Party (1926–1929), centre-right agrarian political party
League of Communists / Communist Party (1937–1990), left-wing to far-left party
Union of Reform Forces (1989–1990), centre to centre-left political party
Slovene Christian Democrats (1989–2000), centre-right to right-wing political party
Slovenian Democratic Union (1989–1993), centrist and liberal political party
Socialist Party of Slovenia (1990–1993), centre-left political party
Democratic Party of Slovenia (1992–2007), centrist political party
Party of Slovenian People (1994–2008), right-wing to far-right political party
Slovenia is Ours (2004–2011), centrist regionalist political party
Active Slovenia (2004–2007), centrist and liberal political party
Zares – Social Liberals (2007–2015), centre to centre-left political party
Gregor Virant's Civic List (2011–2018), centre to centre-right political party
United Left - Democratic Party of Work (2014–2017), left-wing political party
List of Marjan Šarec (2014–2022), centre to centre-left party
Party of Alenka Bratušek (2014–2022), centre to centre-left party
Verjamem (2014–2022), centre to centre-left party

References

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^ "Program stranke NPS | NAPREJ SLOVENIJA – NPS". naprejslovenija.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ "Program stranke | Dobra Država". www.dobradrzava.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "KLJUČNE PROGRAMSKE TOČKE LDS – LDS – Liberalna demokracija Slovenije". lds.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "LISTA NOVINARJA BOJANA POŽARJA". www.listanovinarjabojanapozarja.si. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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^ "Novi socialdemokrati z Balažicem in Magajno na volitve". Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
^ "Program Piratske stranke Slovenije". Piratska stranka (Pirati) (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "Socijalna Stranka Srba Slovenije". sssslovenije.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "Program" (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "Kratki volilni program 2018 - ZSi". ZSi. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "Program stranke - Slovenska sloga". Slovenska sloga (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ Berce, Gregor (19 December 2021). "Program - Glas za otroke in družine". glaszaotrokeindruzine.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-05-27.

External links

(in Slovene) Iskalnik političnih strank [Political Party Search Engine]. Search term in the field "Ime stranke": *. Ministry of Interior Affairs, Republic of Slovenia. Accessed 22 January 2012.
(in Slovene) Seznam davčnih zavezancev [A List of Taxpayers]. Search term: 94.920 (main activity: political organisation). Računovodja.com. Accessed 22 January 2012.

Political parties in Slovenia

National Assembly

Government	GS (41) SD (7) Left (5)
Confidence and supply	Italian and Hungarian national minorities (2)
Opposition	SDS (27) NSi (8)

European Parliament

SDS (2)
SD (2)
GS (2)
NSi (1)
SLS (1)

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