title: 2009 European Parliament election in Slovenia
text: # 2009 European Parliament election in Slovenia
  
  The 2009 European Parliament election in Slovenia was the election of the delegation from Slovenia to the European Parliament in 2009.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  | Political Party | Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Candidate | Candidate |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Christian Socialists of Slovenia (KSS) | Maruša Benkič | Nedeljo Dabič | Gabrijela Čevnik | Valentina Stopar | Srečko Prislan | Nina Plahutnik Suhadolnik | Andrej Magajna |
  | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) | Karl Erjavec | Marija Gjerkeš Dugonik | Drago Mirošič | Andrejka Majhen | Joško Godec | Silva Savšek | Avgust Heričko |
  | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (LDS) | Jelko Kacin | Mirjam Muženič | Slavko Ziherl | Sonja Kralj Bervar | Borut Cink | Darja Mohorič | Aleš Gulič |
  | New Slovenia (NSi) | Lojze Peterle | Ljudmila Novak | Mojca Kucler Dolinar | Anton Kokalj | Alenka Šverc | Klemen Žumer | Ksenija Kraševec |
  | Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) | Milan Zver | Romana Jordan Cizelj | Zofija Mazej Kukovič | Dragutin Mate | Mirko Zamernik | Katja Koren Miklavec | Anže Logar |
  | Slovenian National Party (SNS) | Sergej Čas | Barbara Jerman | Nina Mavrin | Donja Hudoklin | Aleš Bandur | Janja Čas | Matej Ivanuša |
  | Slovenian People's Party (SLS) | Ivan Žagar | Marta Ciraj | Marjan Senjur | Nada Skuk | Ciril Smrkolj | Marija Ribič | Janez Podobnik |
  | Social Democrats (SD) | Zoran Thaler | Tanja Fajon | Andrej Horvat | Mojca Kleva | Lev Kreft | Karmen Pahor | Andreja Katič |
  | United Greens | Vlado Čuš | Lucija Mozetič | Mihael Jarc | Teja Dumenčić | Franc Černagoj | Tomaž Ogrin | Tamara Galun |
  | Youth Party of Slovenia (SMS) | Darko Krajnc | Nataša Lorber | Katja Grabnar | Idris Fadul | Peter Janeš | Maja Kovač | Miha Jazbinšek |
  | Zares | Ivo Vajgl | Felicita Medved | Roman Jakič | Bernarda Jeklin | Peter Česnik | Cveta Zalokar | Matej Lahovnik |
  | Independent List for the Rights of Patients | Marko Šidjanin | Tadeja Cankar Davanzo | Andraž Košir | Tina Jakopin | | | |
  
  ## Opinion polls
  
  | Source | Date | SDS | SD | LDS | DeSUS | NSi | Zares | SNS | SLS | NLPD | SMS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mediana | 11–13 May | 19.5% (2) | 17.4% (2) | 12.7% (1) | 11.7% (1) | 10.2% (1) | 8.6% | 3.4% | 1.3% | 2.2% | N/A |
  | Delo | 12–14 May | 21% (2) | 16% (2) | 12% (1) | 5.5% | 10% (1) | 11% (1) | 4% | 4% | N/A | 4% |
  | Delo | 21–22 May | 20% (2) | 15% (1) | 9% (1) | 9% (1) | 10% (1) | 11% (1) | 2% | 2% | N/A | 2% |
  | Zurnal | 28 May | 28% (3) | 24% (2) | 7% | 6% | 10% (1) | 12% (1) | 4% | 4% | N/A | N/A |
  | Delo | 27–28 May | 22% (2) | 16% (2) | 8% (1) | 7% | 9% (1) | 13% (1) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
  | Mediana | 25–27 May | 20.6% (2) | 15.9% (1) | 8.3% (1) | 11.1% (1) | 11.3% (1) | 8% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Initial | +/– | Post-Lisbon | +/– |
  | | Slovenian Democratic Party | 123,563 | 26.66 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +1 |
  | | Social Democrats | 85,407 | 18.43 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 |
  | | New Slovenia | 76,866 | 16.58 | 1 | –1 | 1 | 0 |
  | | Liberal Democracy of Slovenia | 53,212 | 11.48 | 1 | –1 | 1 | 0 |
  | | Zares | 45,238 | 9.76 | 1 | New | 1 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia | 33,292 | 7.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Slovenian People's Party | 16,601 | 3.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Slovenian National Party | 13,227 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Youth Party – European Greens | 9,093 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | | United Greens | 3,382 | 0.73 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 |
  | | Independent List for the Rights of Patients | 2,064 | 0.45 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 |
  | | Christian Socialists of Slovenia | 1,527 | 0.33 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 463,472 | 100.00 | 7 | 0 | 8 | +1 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 463,472 | 96.14 | | | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 18,586 | 3.86 | | | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 482,058 | 100.00 | | | | |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,699,755 | 28.36 | | | | |
  | Source: DVK, DVK ||||||||
  