Slovenian PM seeks confidence vote

The candidate supported by the Social Democrats, Danilo Türk, won the 2nd round of the presidential election on 11th November 2007 in Slovenia. He won 68.26% of the vote beating his rival Alojz Peterle, the candidate supported by the government majority who won 31.74% of the vote.

The government of Slovenia, which takes over the European Union Presidency for the period January-June 2008, decided to seek a parliamentary confidence vote on 19 November 2007 after the crushing defeat of its candidate in the presidential elections.

Slovenia: Government: Website: Election of the President 2007 http://volitve.gov.si/vp2007/en/index.html

IFES: Election Guide: Slovenia http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/195/

Robert Schuman Foundation: European Elections Monitor: Slovenia : Presidential Election of 21st October 2007 (Results) http://www.robert-schuman.eu/oee.php?num=476

Wikipedia: Slovenian presidential election, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Slovenian_presidental_elections

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