Survey for Tarča: Miro Cerar's Party ahead of SDS

4 parties to make it to the parliament

Which party would you vote for if the elections took place next Sunday? Foto: RTV SLO

The election trend showing that Miro Cerar has taken over the leading position from the SDS party is reflected in Mediana’s survey, too. The results predict that only two other parties, SD and DeSUS, will make it to the parliament.

The survey performed on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Mediana agency for the Tarča talk show, has shown that out of 450 participants 19.3 per cent would vote for Miro Cerar’s Party at the upcoming pre-term elections, the Social Democrat Party (SDS) would win 15.1 per cent of votes, followed by the Social Democrats (SD) with 7 per cent and the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS) with 5.9 per cent.

Many parties, old and new, not doing so well
According to the survey, the rest of the parties wouldn’t be elected to the parliament: 3.3 per cent of the participants of the survey would vote for the Slovenian People’s party (SLS) and New Slovenia (NSi), 2.5 per cent for the Alliance of Alenka Bratušek, 2.1 per cent for Positive Slovenia (PS), 1.8 per cent for the “I Believe” party led by Igor Šoltes, 1.6 per cent for the Slovenian National Party (SNS), 1.3 per cent for the United Left (DSD, IDS, TRS), and one per cent for the Zares party.

Even fewer votes would go to the Civic List (0.7 per cent) and Solidarity (0.5 per cent). The remaining participants either answered they would vote for some other party, refused to answer, or said they would not participate in the elections when asked which party they would vote for if the elections took place next Sunday.

Good voter turnout?
The response to the question if the survey participants intend to vote at the pre-term parliamentary elections on 13 July, indicates voter turnout that is typical of parliamentary elections in Slovenia; despite the unusual time, during the summer, when Slovenians typically take a holiday. 42.4 per cent of the participants stated they would definitely take part in the elections and 22.9 per cent said they would probably participate, which amounts to over 65 per cent.

On the other hand, 19.4 per cent of the participants say that they certainly won’t vote, 6.1 per cent are either unsure or probably won’t go, and 9.2 per cent have not decided yet.

A. K. K., MMC;
translated by K. Z.