# 2022 Ljubljana 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.

## 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 | Candidate | Party | Results | Results | Results |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/- |
| | Zoran Janković | Zoran Janković List | 54.680 | 61,83 | 1,38% |
| | Nataša Sukič | The Left | 8.495 | 9,61 | 5,69% |
| | Aleš Primc | Voice for Children and Families | 6.148 | 6,95 | N/A |
| | Igor Horvat | Slovenian Democratic Party | 5.552 | 6.28 | 23,22% |
| | Tina Bregant | Slovenian People's Party | 5.033 | 5,69 | N/A |
| | Mojca Sojar | New Slovenia | 2.823 | 3,19 | N/A |
| | Jasminka Dedić | Vesna | 2.796 | 3,16 | N/A |
| | Tomaž Ogrin | Greens of Slovenia-Concretely | 1.481 | 1,67 | 0,20% |
| | Jasmin Feratović | Pirate Party | 1.431 | 1,62 | N/A |
| Total | Total | Total | 88,439 | 100,00% | 100,00% |
| Votes to | Votes | % |
| 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 % |
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### Assembly election

| Party | Party | Party | Results | Results | Results | Results |
| Party | Party | Party | 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 | 2022 Ljubljana local elections | 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 | |