Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia


The Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia is a Slovenian political party led by Aleksandra Pivec. DeSUS won 4.93% of the vote at the early 2018 Slovenian parliamentary election on 3rd June 2018, thus gaining 5 seats in the National Assembly.
The party joined the European Democratic Party in February 2019.

Overview

DeSUS was a member of the government led by prime minister Janez Janša until 2008. In the 2008 elections the party won 7.4% of vote and 7 out of 90 seats and joined the coalition government led by Borut Pahor together with SD, Zares and LDS having a combined seat of 50 out of 90.
The party received 10.21% of the vote in the Slovenian parliamentary election on 13 July 2014, and won 10 seats in parliament.
Parliamentary representation:

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Electoral performance