Slovenia

Population Statistics

1,983,412

Total Population

297,512

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

24 April 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law on Elections to the National Assembly (2006)

Updated: June 2015

Article 7 states:


Each citizen of the Republic of Slovenia of 18 years of age on the day of the election has the right to vote and stand for election as a deputy.

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia who reached the age of eighteen but their business capacity is non-existent due to mental illness, retardation or impairment, or the parental rights or other persons’ rights were extended after the age of their adulthood because they are not able to understand the meaning, purpose and effects of elections, does not have the right to vote and be elected.


The court specifically decides in proceedings for the withdrawal of business capacity or extended parental rights after the time of the adulthood, on the deprivation of the right to vote and be elected.

 

Excerpt from Law on Elections to the National Assembly (2006)