National Assembly (Slovenia)

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The National Assembly (Državni zbor) is the lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Slovenia. It has 90 members, elected for a four year term, 88 members elected by the mixed member proportional representation system and 2 members elected by ethnic minorities (Italians and Hungarians) using the Borda count, who have an absolute veto in matters concerning their ethnic groups.

The current President of the National Assembly is France Cukjati.

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Main article: Slovenia parliamentary elections, 2004

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**Summary of the 3 October 2004 Slovenian **National Assembly** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka, SDS)	281,710	29.1	29
Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (Liberalna demokracija Slovenije, LDS)	220,848	22.8	23
United List of Social Democrats (Združena Lista socialnih demokratov, ZLSD)	98,527	10.2	10
New Slovenia – Christian People's Party (Nova Slovenija – Kršcanska ljudska stranka, NSi)	88,073	9.0	9
Slovenian People's Party (Slovenska ljudska stranka, SLS)	66,032	6.8	7
Slovenian National Party (Slovenska nacionalna stranka, SNS)	60,750	6.3	6
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (Demokraticna stranka upokojencev Slovenije, DeSUS)	39,150	4.0	4
Active Slovenia (Aktivna Slovenija)		3.0	-
Slovenia is Ours (Slovenija je naša, SJN)		2.6	-
Youth Party of Slovenia (Stranka mladih Slovenije, SMS)		2.1	-
Hungarian and Italian ethnic minorities			2
Total (turnout 60.5 %)	991,123		90
Eligible voters	1,634,402
Source: Center Vlade za Informatiko