1996 Slovenian parliamentary election

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All 90 seats in the National Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.67% ( 12.00 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Janez Drnovšek Marjan Podobnik Janez Janša Party LDS SLS SDSS Last election 22 seats 10 4 seats Seats won 25 19 16 Seat change 3 9 12 Popular vote 288,783 207,186 172,470 Percentage 27.01% 19.38% 16.13%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Lojze Peterle Janez Kocijančič Jože Globačnik Party SKD ZLSD DeSUS Last election 15 seats 14 seats Seats won 10 9 5 Seat change 5 5 New Popular vote 102,852 96,597 46,152 Percentage 9.62% 9.03% 4.32%   Seventh party   Leader Zmago Jelinčič Party SNS Last election 12 Seats won 4 Seat change 8 Popular vote 34,422 Percentage 3.22%
Prime Minister before election Janez Drnovšek LDS Elected Prime Minister Janez Drnovšek LDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 10 November 1996.^[1] The result was a victory for Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which won 25 of the 90 seats. Party leader Janez Drnovsek was re-elected Prime Minister by the Parliament on 9 January 1997.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Democracy of Slovenia	288,783	27.01	25	+3
	Slovenian People's Party	207,186	19.38	19	+9
	Social Democratic Party of Slovenia	172,470	16.13	16	+12
	Slovene Christian Democrats	102,852	9.62	10	–5
	United List of Social Democrats	96,597	9.03	9	–5
	Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia	46,152	4.32	5	New
	Slovenian National Party	34,422	3.22	4	–8
	Democratic Party of Slovenia	28,624	2.68	0	–6
	Greens of Slovenia	18,853	1.76	0	–5
	Slovenian Craftsmen and Entrepreneurial Party–Centrum Party	12,335	1.15	0	0
	Slovenian Forum	11,383	1.06	0	New
	Liberal Party	7,972	0.75	0	0
	National Labour Party	5,827	0.54	0	New
	Green Alternative of Slovenia	5,602	0.52	0	New
	Republican Association of Slovenia	5,071	0.47	0	0
	Communist Party of Slovenia	5,027	0.47	0	New
	Christian Social Union	4,767	0.45	0	New
	Slovenian National Right	3,327	0.31	0	New
	Patriotic United Retirement Party–League for Slovenia	2,025	0.19	0	New
	New Party	1,104	0.10	0	New
	Forward Slovenia	886	0.08	0	New
	Party for the Equality of Regions	541	0.05	0	New
	Independents	7,398	0.69	0	0
Minority representatives				2	0
Total		1,069,204	100.00	90	0
Valid votes		1,069,204	94.10
Invalid/blank votes		67,007	5.90
Total votes		1,136,211	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,542,218	73.67
Source: DVK