1990 Slovenian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 8 April 1990, with a second round on 22 April.[1] Voters elected the four members of the presidency and the President of the presidency.[1] Ciril Zlobec, Ivan Oman, Matjaž Kmecl and Dušan Plut were elected to the presidency, whilst Milan Kučan was elected President in the second round.[2]

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	Party of Democratic Renewal-Socialist Alliance of Slovenia	538,278	44.4	657,196	58.6
Jože Pučnik	Democratic Opposition of Slovenia	322,706	26.6	464,435	41.4
Ivan Kramberger		224,162	18.5
Marko Demšar		126,424	10.4
Invalid/blank votes		25,975	–	23,354	–
Total		1,237,545	100	1,144,985	100
Registered voters/turnout		1,490,136	83.0	1,489,822	76.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Presidency

Candidate	Votes	%
Ciril Zlobec	637,517	53.6
Ivan Oman	550,529	46.3
Matjaž Kmecl	454,633	38.2
Dušan Plut	453,626	38.1
Slavoj Žižek	431,206	36.3
Dimitrij Rupel	408,868	34.4
Jože Lindič	342,341	28.8
Miroslava Gež Korošek	292,466	24.6
Boštjan Zupančič	239,737	20.2
Fran Miklavčič	236,663	19.9
Peter Novak	212,182	17.8
Bogdan Oblak	194,689	16.4
Total	4,454,457	100
Valid votes	1,189,205	96.3
Invalid/blank votes	46,263	3.7
Total	1,235,468	100
Registered voters/turnout	1,490,136	82.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 1,778 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1,793