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{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name      = 2020 Slirnian general election
| country            = Slirnia
| previous_election  = [[2016 Slirnian general election|2016]]
| next_election      = [[Next general election|''Next'']]
| election_date      = 5 May 2020
| seats_for_election = All 179 seats to the [[Parliament of Slirnia]]
| majority_seats     = 90
| first_election     = no

| ongoing            = no
| results_sec        =
| turnout            = 
<!-- Social Democrats -->
| party1             = [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democrats]]
| colour1            = #672f6c
| party_leader1      = [[Irena Mesić]]
| percentage1        = 26.5
| seats1             = 48
| seats1_before      = 
<!-- Slirnian Democratic Centre -->
| party2             = [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]]
| colour2            = #2061A2
| party_leader2      = [[Aleksandar Keşco]]
| percentage2        = 19
| seats2             = 34
| seats2_before      = 
<!-- Sotirian Democratic Party -->
| party3             = [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democrats]]
| colour3            = #FF6A00
| party_leader3      = [[Milo Jovanović]]

| percentage3        = 17.2
| seats3             = 31
| seats3_before      = 
<!-- Progressive Slirnia -->
| party4             = [[Progressive Slirnia]] 
| colour4            = #BCD4E6
| party_leader4      = [[Vidoke Lukšić]]
| percentage4        = 15.09
| seats4             = 28
| seats4_before      = 
<!-- Liberals-Možemo -->
| party5             = [[Liberals-Možemo]]
| colour5            = #6F2DA8
| party_leader5      = [[Vuk Žbogar]]
| percentage5        = 8.3
| seats5             = 15
| seats5_before      = 
<!-- Socialists-Greens Alliance -->
| party6             = [[Socialists-Green Alliance (Slirnia)|Socialists-Green Alliance]]
| colour6            = #87A96B
| party_leader6      = [[Jana Bečić]]
| percentage6        = 9.68
| seats6             = 17
| seats6_before      = 
<!-- Independent Party -->
| party7             = [[Independent Party (Slirnia)|Independent Party]]
| colour7            = #FFD300
| party_leader7      = [[Vojislav Ljajić]]
| percentage7        = 3.46
| seats7             = 6
| seats7_before      = 
<!-- Nationalist League -->
| party8             = [[Nationalist League (Slirnia)|Nationalist League]]
| colour8            = #000080
| party_leader8      = [[Tomislav Bandić]]
| percentage8        = 0.15
| seats8             = 0
| seats8_before      = 
<!-- Communist Party -->
| party9             = [[Communist Party of Slirnia|Communist Party]]
| colour9            = #ED2939
| party_leader9      = [[Dražen Josipović]]
| percentage9        = 0.12
| seats9             = 0
| seats9_before      = 
<!-- last/next PM -->
| title           = [[Prime Minister of Slirnia|Premier]]
| before_election = [[Milo Jovanović]]
| before_party    = [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democrats]]
| before_image    = File:Jakou Evropskou unii chceme v sále Morava 2018-05-26 (6835) Pellegrini.jpg
| posttitle       = 
| after_election  = [[Irena Mesić]]
| after_party     = [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democrats]]
| after_image     = File:Alenka Bratušek 2013.jpg 

| map             = 
| map_image       = 
| map_size        =
| map_caption     = Most voted-for party by constituency in Slirnia proper
}}
The '''2020 Slirnian general election''' is scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2020. These are planned to be the sixth elections in [[Slirnia]] to elect the future composition of the [[Parliament of Slirnia|Parliament]] and the next holder of the office of the [[Premier Slirnia|Premier]], since the creation of this office in 1995. With the information provided by the Slirnian Electoral Court as of April 2020, voters will be given with the choice to elect their candidate and parliament composition from the eight political parties and their leaders that were previously registered. 

After the elections, the political leader with the most votes, will be holder of the informal title, ''elected Premier'', and his or her future duties as Head of Government will be subject first, of a meeting with the [[Presidency of Slirnia]] and later of their performace at the parliament presenting their political programme. The rest of the political parties will be given with the option of handing in their confidence or not to the recently elected Premier; in the case of not giving it, the Premier will hold a new meeting with the Presidency and will expose the programme of his or her party for a second time, where only a simple majority is going to assure him or her an administration of at least five years; in recent times, political parties have tried to avoid these circumstances by forming coalitions with parties alike. This process can be repeated within no more than two months from the first ballot.

2020 elections in Slirnia come after the 17 years of almost uninterrupted administrations of the [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democrats]], with the exception of the four years terms of [[Aleksandar Keşco]] in front of the [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]]. The completion of the process of denationalisation and privatisation of most of the Slirnian economy, several cuts in the budget and the deterioration of a neo-liberal platform proposed by the centre-right governments, have remained key points in the political discussion since 2019 and in the same line, the future of the [[Euclean Community|Euclean]] membership talks and the different views on regional integration, have positioned parties with moderated views such as the [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democrats]] and the [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]] as the preferred for winning the elections.

The elections resulted with the first woman being chosen for the position of Head of Government of Slirnia. [[Irena Mesić]], from the [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democrats]], was the most voted candidate <ref>Redaction Team (05 May 2020). [https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=37076807#p37076807 "From Now On; the Results"] ''Dražovice Diplomatique'' - Dražovice, [[Slirnia]]</ref> and formed an alliance with the other two parties alligned on the left of the political spectrum that gained parliamentary representation. Moreover, the night after ballots were closed and voted counted, the former Premier and candidate from the Sotirian Democratic Party announced his resignation as leader of the party.
==Overview==
===Electoral system===
[[File:Peter Pellegrini 2015.jpg|230px|thumb|[[Milo Jovanović]] in the [[Parliament of Slirnia]] during his investiture ceremony in 2016]]
After the elections in 2016, the candidate from the [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democratic Party]], [[Milo Jovanović]] was granted with a term of five years before new elections could be celebrated and a new government formed. During general elections, Slirnians vote the composition of the {{wp|unicameral}} legislature, the [[Parliament of Slirnia]], which is formed by 179 members. After the elections, seats are allocated to each party using the {{wp|D'Hondt method}} and the three members of the [[Presidency of Slirnia|Presidency]] are in charge of holding talks between all the political leaders to appoint the one which will be capable of commanding the confidence of the legislature; altough the Presidency is belived to have the power to choose any of the leaders, this selection usually leads to the candidate which received the most votes during the previously celebrated elections. The vote in Slirnia is based on the idea that suffrage must be {{wp|universal suffrage|universal}}, {{wp|Compulsory voting|compulsory}} and {{wp|Secret ballot|secret}}.

Voters in Slirnia have the choice to vote between specific candidates (and their respective factions) inside a party, to vote for the entire party or to vote ''absentee'', the votes of this last option will be equally distributed among all the parties. According to the Constitution of Slirnia, parties and independent candidates must be registered before the elections take place in the Electoral Court of Slirnia, which oversees and controls the procedures during elections and referendums. Independendent candidates in Slirnia are uncommon and there are only few cases in the past, for the 2020 general elections, there was a total of 9 political parties (most of them already represented in the Parliament) and none independent candidates. Parties must cross the 2% {{wp|election threshold}} to be allowed to hold a seat in the legislature.
===Election date===
Unless the [[Presidency of Slirnia|Presidency]] dissolves the legislature by advise of the [[Prime Minister of Slirnia|Prime Minister]], new general elections must take place after five years of the previous. The Prime Minister [[Milo Jovanović]] publicly announced the date of the new general elections in the morning of the 4th of May of 2020 together with [[Tomislav Ivo Stier]], who ceremonially presides the collective organ that functions as Head of State of Slirnia. The date of the general elections were set that same day with a law passed during a special session in the [[Parliament of Slirnia]]. If the investiture of the Prime Minister failes and the Parliament does not grant the candidate with the confidence, the acting Prime Minister is commanded by the Presidency to make a call for new elections within a two-month period from the first ballot. Additionally, the Parliament should be dissolved and new members should be choose during the new general elections. Although in it common in other parliamentary systems of [[Euclea]], in Slirnia this is uncommon and there have been only few cases in which the elected candidate was not granted with the confidence of the Parliament.
==Background==
===Campaign period===
[[File:Luksic sveti stefan.jpg|230px|thumb|Aleksandar Keşco, former Prime Minister and candidate from the [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]] during his campaign in [[Postojna]].]]
The campaign period started in Slirnia in early April after parties celebrated their primary elections to elect their leaders that were going to be represented a month later during the general elections. For the first time in the history of the party, the [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democratic Party]] was represented by a woman, Irena Mesić, an issue that sparkled the discussion about woman participation in leading charges in the politics of Slirnia, something that has been an important issue in the previous term of the legislature. In the same line, Slirnia lived the first elections in which two women were running for the office of the Prime Minister. Shortly after the Green and Socialist parties of Slirnia agreed in forming the coalition called [[Socialists-Green Alliance]], the activist [[Jana Bečić]] was chosen to be the candidate for the 2020 general elections. The left side of the political spectrum of the politics of Slirnia saw the exponential growth of the centre-left [[Progressive Slirnia]]. 

On the other side of the political spectrum, the elections saw the slight turns of Milo Jovanović, leader of the [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democratic Party]] and [[Prime Minister of Slirnia]], towards the right, which left the [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]] on a position of advatage to capitalise the centre-right. However, according to analysts, this was not consolidated by its candidate, the former Prime Minister between 2012-2016, [[Aleksandar Keşco]], who was even seen fourth in the polls until it recovered its third position in the last days before the 5th of May. The small right-wing liberal party, [[Liberals-Možemo]], elected its candidate, the then Minister of Economy and Finances that would faced the 2020 general elections; [[Vuk Žbogar]] resigned to its position on the cabinet of Milo Jovanović a day after this was proposed by him from the party and started the campaign with a strong speech advocated to continue through the path of the liberal economy and the integration with the rest of [[Euclea]], in special with the East portion of the continent.

===Televised debates===
As it is a tradition in Slirnia, there were four televised debates that were aired by all television channels in the country. The first and fourth were organised by the state-owned [[Radio and Television of Slirnia]] while the other two by the private channels TV3 Slirnia and NovSlirnia 12. The moderators and dates of the debates were previously chosen by all channels. The debates were divided independently by the organisers but in general terms, all had a similar composition being divided in thematic blocs to cover a wide range of questions and topics, such as welfare and healthcare, women participation, security, foreign policy and the future of the Slirnia in the [[Euclean Community]], economy and finances, housing and others. For the first time in the history of televised debates in Slirnia, there was a special block to discuss the environment in the three debates and out of the four, one was composed exclusively by women members of the parties convoked to the occasion.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:98%; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan="15"| 2020 Slirnian general election debates
|-
!style="white-space:nowrap;" rowspan="3"| {{small|Date}}|| rowspan="3"| {{small|Broadcaster}} || rowspan="3"| {{small|Moderator(s)}} ||scope="col" colspan="9"| {{small|Participants&nbsp;—&nbsp;}} {{Colors|black|#90ff90|&nbsp;Name&nbsp;}} {{small|Participant &nbsp;}} {{Colors|black|#ff9090|&nbsp;N&nbsp;}} {{small|Party not invited/did not participate&nbsp;}} || rowspan="3"| {{small|Notes}}
|-
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|SDPS]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Slirnian Democratic Centre|SDC]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|SDP]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Progressive Slirnia|PS]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Liberals-Možemo|L.mž]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Socialists-Green Alliance (Slirnia)|SGA]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Independent Party (Slirnia)|IP]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Nationalist League (Slirnia)|NL]]
! scope="col" style="width:5em;"|[[Communist Party of Slirnia|CPS]]
|-
! style="background:#672f6c;"|
! style="background:#2061A2;"|
! style="background:#FF6A00;"|
! style="background:#BCD4E6;"|
! style="background:#63C3D0;"|
! style="background:#87A96B;"|
! style="background:#FFD300;"|
! style="background:#000080;"|
! style="background:#ED2939;"|
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 25 May
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[Radio and Television of Slirnia|RTS 1]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| Lazar Bojević<br>Miljana Vladić<br>Slaviša Antić
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Irena Mesić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Aleksandar Keşco}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Milo Jovanović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vidoke Lukšić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vuk Žbogar}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Jana Bečić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vojislav Ljajić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Tomislav Bandić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Dražen Josipović}}'''}}
|
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 13 Apr
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[TV3 Slirnia]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| Dubravka Ugljanin<br>Emilija Ristić<br>Mirjana Popović
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Katja Novak}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Katarina Dejanović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vesna Vukomanović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Ana Ružić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Dijana Gajević}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Katarina Joksimović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Jadranka Udovički}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Tomislav Bandić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Dražen Josipović}}'''}}
| Women debate
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 24 Apr
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[NovSlirnia 12]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| Obrad Velimirović<br>Slavko Urošević<br>Zorana Ignjatović
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Peter Hebrang}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Ivica Orešković}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Ivo Bernardić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Ana Ružić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Ivan Radić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Katarina Joksimović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Martina Dalić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Tomislav Bandić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Dražen Josipović}}'''}}
| Deputies debate
|-
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| 27 Apr
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| [[Radio and Television of Slirnia|RTS 1]]
| style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:left;"| Lazar Bojević<br>Miljana Vladić<br>Slaviša Antić
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Irena Mesić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Aleksandar Keşco}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Milo Jovanović}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vidoke Lukšić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vuk Žbogar}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Jana Bečić}}'''}}
|{{Yes|'''{{small|Vojislav Ljajić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Tomislav Bandić}}'''}}
|{{No|'''{{small|Dražen Josipović}}'''}}
|
|-
|}

===Candidates===
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
File:Alenka Bratušek 2013.jpg|Irena Mesić <small><br>[[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democrat]]</small><br>
File:Luksic portrait.jpg|Aleksandar Keşco <small><br>[[Slirnian Democratic Centre]]</small><br>
File:Jakou Evropskou unii chceme v sále Morava 2018-05-26 (6835) Pellegrini.jpg|Milo Jovanović <small><br>[[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democrat]]</small><br>
File:VidokeLukšić.png|Vidoke Lukšić <small><br>[[Progressive Slirnia]]</small><br>
File:Siniša Mali.jpg|Vuk Žbogar <small><br>[[Liberals-Možemo]]</small><br>
File:20 obljetnica osnivanja OS RH Vesna Pusic 26052011 2.jpg|Jana Bečić <small><br>[[Socialists-Green Alliance]]</small><br>
File:Zoran Lutovac 1.jpg| [[Vojislav Ljajić]] <small><br>[[Independent Party (Slirnia)|Independent Party]]</small><br>
File:Dan OSRH Milan Bandic 28052011 2.jpg|Tomislav Bandić <small><br>[[Nationalist League of Slirnia|Nationalist League]]</small><br>
File:Ludviktoplak.jpg|Dražen Josipović <small><br>[[Communist Party of Slirnia|Communist Party]]</small><br>
</gallery>

==Participating parties==
<center><small>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
!colspan=2 |Party Name
!Party Logo
!Party leader
!Before elections
!Position
!Ideology
|-
| style="background-color:#672f6c" |
| [[Social Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Social Democratic Party]]
| [[File:SocialDemocraticSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Irena Mesić]]
| style="background:#ff9090; color:black"|<center>Opposition</center>
| Centre-left
| {{wp|Social democracy}}<br>{{wp|welfare state}}<br>{{wp|progressivism}}
|-
| style="background-color:#2061A2" |
| [[Slirnian Democratic Centre]]
| [[File:DemocraticCentreSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Aleksandar Keşco]]
| style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|<center>Government</center>
| Centre and Centre-right
| {{wp|Liberalism}}<br>{{wp|conservative liberalism}}<br>{{wp|welfare state}}<br>[[Euclean Community|pro-Eucleanism]]
|-
| style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Sotirian Democratic Party (Slirnia)|Sotirian Democrats]]
| [[File:SotirianDemocraticSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Milo Jovanović]]
| style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|<center>Government</center>
| Centre-right and right
| {{wp|Christian democracy|Sotirian democracy}}<br>{{wp|conservatism}}<br>{{wp|economic liberalism}}
|-
| style="background-color:#BCD4E6" |
| [[Progressive Slirnia]]
| [[File:ProgressiveSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Vidoke Lukšić]]
| style="background:#ff9090; color:black"|<center>Opposition</center>
| Centre-left and left
| {{wp|Socialism}}<br>{{wp|progressivism}}<br>[[Euclean Community|pro-Eucleanism]]
|-
| style="background-color:#63C3D0" |
| [[Liberals-Možemo]]
| [[File:LiberalsMozemoSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Vuk Žbogar]]
| style="background:#98FB98; color:black"|<center>Government</center>
| Centre-right
| {{wp|Liberalism}}<br>{{wp|progressivism}}<br>{{wp|welfare state}}
|-
| style="background-color:#87A96B" |
| [[Socialists-Green Alliance (Slirnia)|Socialists-Green Alliance]]
| [[File:SocGreensSlirnia.png|150px]]
| [[Jana Bečić]]
| style="background:#ff9090; color:black"|<center>Opposition</center>
| Centre-left and left
| {{wp|Green politics}}<br>{{wp|socialism}}<br>{{wp|progressivism}}
|-
| style="background-color:#FFD300" |
| [[Independent Party (Slirnia)|Independent Party]]
| [[File:IndPartySlirnia.png|70px]]
| [[Vojislav Ljajić]]
| style="background:#FFFACD; color:black"|<center>Confidence</center>
| Centre
| {{wp|Liberalism}}<br>{{wp|conservative liberalism}}<br>{{wp|centrism}}<br>{{wp|Christian democracy|Sotirian democracy}}
|-
| style="background-color:#000080" |
| [[Nationalist League (Slirnia)|Nationalist League]]
|
| [[Tomislav Bandić]]
| style="background:#ff9090; color:black"|<center>Extra parliamentary</center>
| Right and far right
| {{wp|Conservatism}}<br>{{wp|Nordic agrarian parties|agrarianism}}<br>{{wp|right-wing populism}}
|-
| style="background-color:#ED2939" |
| [[Communist Party of Slirnia|Communist Party]]
|
| [[Dražen Josipović]]
| style="background:#ff9090; color:black"|<center>Extra parliamentary</center>
| Left and far left
| {{wp|Communism}}<br>{{wp|socialism}}<br>[[Euclean Community|Eucleansceptisism]]
|}
</small></center>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}