2017 Slovenian presidential election

2017 Slovenian presidential election

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Nominee Borut Pahor Marjan Šarec Party Independent LMŠ Popular vote 378,307 334,239 Percentage 53.09% 46.91%

First round results Second round results Pahor:   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Šarec:   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Borut Pahor Independent Elected President Borut Pahor Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Slovenia on 22 October 2017. Nine candidates ran in the first round of the elections, in which the incumbent independent President Borut Pahor placed first and Marjan Šarec of the List of Marjan Šarec (LMŠ) placed second. No candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, resulting in a run-off between Pahor and that was held on 12 November 2017.^[1] Pahor won the run-off with 53% of the vote;^[2] voter turnout in the second round was 42.13%, the lowest in any presidential election since independence.^[3]