Nineteen political parties have proposed more than 1,000 candidates for the Slovenian general election in September, Slovenia's electoral commission said on Thursday.
All nine parliamentary parties filed nominations backed by signatures of three incumbent deputies, which means they will definitely stand in the Sept. 21 election in all eight electoral units throughout Slovenia, the Slovenian news agency STA reported.
The other 10 parties backed their nominations by voter signatures.
According to latest public opinion polls, the ruling Slovenian Democrats (SDS) and the opposition Social Democrats (SD) are running neck-and-neck, but neither party can secure an absolute majority. It is up to Slovenian President Danilo Tuerk to entrust a winning party to put together a ruling coalition.
The 90 parliamentary seats will be distributed according to a proportional representation system, with the only exception being the two seats reserved for the Italian and Hungarian minorities, who are elected under a majority system.
A party has to win more than the 4 percent votes to enter parliament, as required by the relevant laws in Slovenia.
The data from the electoral commission shows that about one-third of the registered candidates are women, exceeding the 25 percent gender quota.
No independents registered for this election, which is the first time since the first election in independent Slovenia in 1992.
Source:Xinhua
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