Electoral system for national legislature

National Assembly Elections Act (1992 as amended 2000)

Article 2. Deputies shall be elected in constituencies.

Deputies shall be elected according to the principle that one deputy is elected per an approximately equal number of inhabitants, and according to the principle that political interests are represented proportionately in the National Assembly.

The Italian and Hungarian national communities shall each elect one deputy to the National Assembly.

Article 90. The number of seats given to an individual list shall be determined by a quotient calculated by dividing the total number of votes given to all the lists of candidates in a constituency by the number of deputies elected in the constituency. The number of votes given to a list shall be divided by this quotient. The list shall be given the number of seats equal to the number of times the quotient divides into the number of votes for the list. (see note (2) at the end of this Act)

Article 91. For each list of candidates, the number of candidates elected shall be equal to the number of seats given to the list.

Candidates from a list of candidates shall be elected according to their share of votes in the overall number of votes in an electoral district or in the overall number of votes in two electoral districts.

If two candidates received the same number of votes, lots shall be drawn.

Article 92. Seats, which were not distributed to the constituencies in the manner described in the preceding Article, shall be distributed at the national level on the basis of remaining votes, given to lists having the same nomination, in two or more constituencies.

For the distribution of these seats it shall first be determined how many of all 88 seats would be assigned to lists having the same nomination, in proportion to the number of votes given in all constituencies. This shall be determined on the basis of the highest quotients, which shall be calculated by dividing the sums of votes, given to lists having the same nomination, in all constituencies by all numbers from 1 to 88 (the d'Hondt system).

Lists having the same nomination, to which, according to the quotients referred to in the preceding paragraph, would have not been assigned at least three seats, shall not be taken into account in the distribution of seats at the national level.

The remainder of votes of lists having the same nomination, accounted for in the distribution of seats at the national level, shall be added up and divided by all numbers from one to the number of undistributed seats (the d'Hondt system). Seats shall be given to the lists having the same nomination with the highest quotients.

(see note (2) at the end of this Act)

Article 93. Seats, given to lists having the same nomination in distribution at the national level, shall be assigned to lists in the constituencies that are left with the highest remainder of votes in proportion to the quotient in the constituency according to Article 90 hereof. If all seats in a constituency are distributed, the seat shall be assigned to the list in a constituency in which the list has the next highest remainder of votes in proportion to the quotient in the constituency. Candidates from the lists of candidates shall be elected in accordance with Article 91 hereof.

Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, not more than half the seats received by the lists having the same nomination through distribution at the national level shall be assigned to the candidates from these lists in the order determined by the proposer in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 43 hereof, and shall be submitted to the republic electoral commission by a due term as determined in Article 54 hereof.

(see note (2) at the end of this Act)

Note II

In the year 2000 and until the enforcement of the changes of the act, which regulates the elections into the National Assembly, the elections of the deputies into the National Assembly are implemented according to the National Assembly Elections Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, no. 44/92, 60/95, 67/97 – decision US), by taking into account that:

- by the assignment of the seats, the lists of candidates, which have had less than four per cent of the votes in the whole country, are not taken into consideration;

- by the assignment of the seats in a constituency, Droop’s quotient is used, according to Article 90 of this Act;

- by the assignment of the seats on the national level, according to the Article 92 of this Act, the sums of the votes, given to the lists having the same nomination, lodged in two or more constituencies, are taken into consideration, by giving to the lists having the same nomination a number of seats equal to the difference between the number of seats, given by sums of the votes on the national level, and the number of seats, which they got in the constituencies;

- by the assignment of the seats on the national level the second paragraph of the Article 93 of this Act does not apply.

This constitutional act enters into force with its announcement in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.