2022 Ljubljana local elections

Main article: 2022 Slovenian local elections

Elections were held in Ljubljana on 20 November 2022 for the mayor of Ljubljana, the 45 members of the Ljubljana Assembly, the councils of districts and the local committees, as part of the 2022 Slovenian local elections.

2022 Ljubljana local elections

20 November 2022
Mayoral election
Turnout	39.98% 5.12 pp
Candidate Zoran Janković Nataša Sukič Party Independent The Left Alliance Zoran Janković List The Left Popular vote 54.680 8.495 Percentage 61,83% 9,61%
Mayor before election Zoran Janković Independent Elected mayor Zoran Janković Independent
Assembly election
All 45 seats in the Ljubljana Assembly
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LZJ Zoran Janković 36,51 18 −5 GS No mayoral candidate 15.96 8 +8 SDS Igor Horvat 12.10 6 −4 The Left Nataša Sukič 9.04 4 0 N.Si Mojca Sojar 4.55 2 0 SD No mayoral candidate 6.20 2 0 Vesna Jasminka Dedić 3.73 1 +1 LŠZZ No mayoral candidate 2.68 1 +1 GOD Aleš Primc 2.60 1 +1 SLS Tina Bregant 2.38 1 +1 Pirati Jasmin Feratović 1.95 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Background

Since the start of the campaign, and especially in November 2022, polling for mayor had consistently placed the current mayor, Zoran Janković, clearly in the lead, with 55-60 percent of the vote. Meanwhile, the candidate of Slovenia's biggest party by member size – the SDS, were well behind, as were the other candidates politician Nataša Sukič, and political activist Aleš Primc.

The first round of the mayoral election, held on 20 November 2022, was convincingly won by the current mayor Zoran Janković (with 61.83%), while far-left politician Nataša Sukič finished a distant second (with 9.61%). Furthermore, this was Janković's second worst ever result by number of votes, placing just ahead of mayoral elections in 2014.

Meanwhile, in the Assembly election, the Zoran Janković List won 18 of out the 45 seats, and later entered into a coalition with the centre-left Freedom Movement, which won 8 seats.

Results

Mayoral election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Zoran Janković	Independent	54,680	61.83
	Nataša Sukič	The Left	8,495	9.61
	Aleš Primc	Voice for Children and Families	6,148	6.95
	Igor Horvat	Slovenian Democratic Party	5,552	6.28
	Tina Bregant	Slovenian People's Party	5,033	5.69
	Mojca Sojar	New Slovenia	2,823	3.19
	Jasminka Dedić	Vesna	2,796	3.16
	Tomaž Ogrin	Greens of Slovenia-Concretly	1,481	1.67
	Jasmin Feratović	Pirate Party	1,431	1.62
Total			88,439	100.00
Valid votes			88,439	98.92
Invalid/blank votes			966	1.08
Total votes			89,405	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			223,678	39.97
Source:

Assembly election

Party			Results
			Votes	%	Seats	+/-
	LZJ	Zoran Janković List	32.168	36,51	18 / 45	5
	Svoboda	Freedom Movement	14.064	15,96	8 / 45	New
	SDS	Slovenian Democratic Party	10.662	12.10	6 / 45	4
	L	The Left	8.190	9,30	4 / 45	0
	NSi	New Slovenia	4.007	4,55	2 / 45	0
	SD	Social Democrats	3.572	4,05	2 / 45	0
	Vesna	Vesna	3.286	3,73	1 / 45	New
	LŠZZ	List for Sport and Health	2.359	2,68	1 / 45	1
	GOD	Voice for Children and Families	2.295	2,60	1 / 45	1
	SLS	Slovenian People's Party	2.098	2,38	1 / 45	1
	Pirati	Pirate Party	1.721	1,95	1 / 45	1
	LKP	List of Cyclists and Pedestrians	1.550	1,76	0 / 45	1
	Resni.ca	Resni.ca	791	0,90	0 / 45	0
	ZS + KON	Greens of Slovenia and Concretely	578	0,66	0 / 45	0
	SNS	Slovenian National Party	272	0,31	0 / 45	0
	DD	Good State	270	0,31	0 / 45	0
	KSU	Christian Socialists	220	0,25	0 / 45	0

Votes to	Votes	%
Votes to elected parties	84.422	95,82 %
Votes to non-elected parties	3.681	4,18 %
Total votes	88.103	100,00 %

Opinion Polls

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Publisher(s)	Sample size	Janković	Sukič	Primc	Horvat	Bregant	Sojar	Dedić	Ogrin	Feratović	Lead	Source
20 Nov 2022	2022 Ljubljana local elections			61.83	9.61	6.95	6.28	5.69	3.19	3.16	1.67	1.62	52.22	—
11–14 Nov 2022	Ninamedia	Dnevnik, Večer	978	56.2	9.8	3.3	2.7	3.1	2.2	2.2	1.2	1.6	46.4