Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia

Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia
Leader Karl Erjavec
Founded 1991
Headquarters Ljubljana
Ideology Pensioners' Party,
Single-issue politics,
Centrism,
Social justice
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
European Parliament group Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Colours Green, Blue
National Assembly
10 / 90
European Parliament
1 / 8
Website
http://www.desus.si

The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Slovene: Demokratična stranka upokojencev Slovenije, also known by the acronym DeSUS) is a Slovenian political party led by Karl Erjavec. DeSUS won 6.97% of the vote at the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, thus gaining 6 seats in the National Assembly.[1] In April 2012, the party excluded Ivan Simčič after it has been disclosed that he faked his secondary school report,[2] thus losing one seat.[3]

Overview

DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008. In the 2008 elections the party won 7.4% of vote and 7 out of 90 seats and joined the coalition government led by Borut Pahor together with SD, Zares and LDS having a combined seat of 50 out of 90.

The party received 10.21% of the vote in the Slovenian parliamentary election on 13 July 2014, and won 10 seats in parliament.[4]

Parliamentary representation:

Electoral performance

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1996 172,470 16.3
5 / 90
Increase 5 Increase 6th Opposition
2000 55,634 5.1
4 / 90
Decrease 1 Steady 6th Opposition
2004 39,150 4.0
4 / 90
Steady 0 Decrease 7th Coalition
2008 78,353 7.4
7 / 90
Increase 3 Increase 4th Coalition
2011 76,853 6.9
6 / 90
Decrease 1 Decrease 5th Coalition
2014 88,968 10.1
10 / 90
Increase 4 Increase 3rd Coalition

Prominent members and supporters

References

  1. "Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011". National Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. "Prosecution Confirms Simčič's School Report Forgery". English Service: News (Slovenian Press Agency). 7 March 2012.
  3. "DeSUS Excludes Disgraced MP from the Party". English Service: News (Slovenian Press Agency). 17 April 2012.
  4. Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014 Republika Slovenija - Državna volilna komisija. Accessed 13 July 2014

External links

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