Elections were held in Ljubljana on 20 November 2022 for the mayor of Ljubljana, the 45 members of the Ljubljana Assembly, the councils of districts and the local committees, as part of the 2022 Slovenian local elections.
Background Since the start of the campaign, and especially in November 2022, polling for mayor had consistently placed the current mayor, Zoran Janković, clearly in the lead, with 55-60 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, the candidate of Slovenia's biggest party by member size – the SDS, were well behind, as were the other candidates politician Nataša Sukič, and political activist Aleš Primc.
The first round of the mayoral election, held on 20 November 2022, was convincingly won by the current mayor Zoran Janković (with 61.83%), left-wing politician Nataša Sukič finished a distant second (with 9.61%). Furthermore, this was Janković's second worst ever result by number of votes, placing just ahead of mayoral elections in 2014.
Meanwhile, in the Assembly election, the Zoran Janković List won 18 of out the 45 seats, and later entered into a coalition with the centre-left Freedom Movement, which won 8 seats.
Mayoral candidates
Results Mayoral election CandidatePartyResultsVotes%+/- Zoran JankovićZoran Janković List 54.680 61,83 1,38% Nataša SukičThe Left8.495 9,61 5,69% Aleš PrimcVoice for Children and Families6.148 6,95N/A Igor HorvatSlovenian Democratic Party5.552 6.28 23,22% Tina BregantSlovenian People's Party5.033 5,69N/A Mojca SojarNew Slovenia2.823 3,19N/A Jasminka DedićVesna2.796 3,16 N/A Tomaž OgrinGreens of Slovenia-Concretely1.481 1,67 0,20% Jasmin FeratovićPirate Party1.431 1,62N/ATotal88,439100,00%
Votes toVotes% Valid votes88,43998,92 %Invalid/blank votes9661,08 %Total votes89.405100,00 %Registered voters/turnout223,67839,97 %Source:https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/volitve2022/lv2022/#/obcine/ljubljana/rezultati
Assembly election PartyResultsVotes%Seats+/-LZJZoran Janković List 32.168 36,51 5SvobodaFreedom Movement 14.064 15,96 NewSDSSlovenian Democratic Party10.662 12.10 4LThe Left8.190 9,30 0NSiNew Slovenia4.007 4,55 0SDSocial Democrats3.572 4,05 0VesnaVesna3.286 3,73 NewLŠZZList for Sport and Health2.359 2,68 1GODVoice for Children and Families2.295 2,60 1SLSSlovenian People's Party2.098 2,38 1PiratiPirate Party1.721 1,95 1LKPList of Cyclists and Pedestrians1.550 1,76 1Resni.caResni.ca791 0,90 0ZS + KONGreens of Slovenia and Concretely578 0,66 0SNSSlovenian National Party272 0,31 0DDGood State270 0,31 0KSUChristian Socialists220 0,25 0
Votes toVotes% Votes to elected parties84.42295,82 %Votes to non-elected parties 3.6814,18 %Total votes88.103100,00 %
Opinion Polls Fieldwork datePolling firmPublisher(s)Sample sizeJankovićSukičPrimcHorvatBregantSojarDedićOgrinFeratovićLeadSource20 Nov 20222022 Ljubljana local elections61.839.616.956.285.693.193.161.671.6252.2211–14 Nov 2022NinamediaDnevnik, Večer97856.29.83.32.73.12.22.21.21.646.4
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