Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia

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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
Politics of Slovenia
Political parties
Elections

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

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