After the parliamentary elections on Sunday, there are signs of a change of government in Slovenia: According to the forecast published on Sunday evening by the television channel Pop TV, which is based on polling voters when they left the polling stations, the liberal freedom movement of energy manager and career changer Robert Golob, 35, 8 percent in front.
The SDS party of right-wing populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa only has 22.5 percent.
What is decisive, however, is which coalition can form a majority in parliament.
The liberty movement, together with the centre-left parties that managed to enter parliament, could achieve such a majority.
According to the survey, Jansas SDS would only have the conservative party NSi as a potential partner.
In Slovenia, there is a four percent hurdle for entry into parliament.
The provisional final result was expected late on Sunday evening.
If the results of the election day poll are confirmed, Golob (55) could become the next prime minister.
Until recently, the qualified electrical engineer was general director of the state electricity trading company Gen-I, which he had managed since 2006.
At the end of last year, Jansa arranged for his contract not to be extended.
As a result, Golob took over a small Green Party and transformed it into the Freedom Movement.
Jansa (63) is a close ally of right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Under him, EU country Slovenia moved closer to the “illiberal” axis formed by the EU-sceptical governments in Budapest and Warsaw.