Lendava (), officially known as the 10th constituency (), is a special constituency (electoral unit) of the National Assembly, the national legislature of Slovenia, to elect a member of the Hungarian national community. The constituency was established in 1992 following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia. It consists of the municipalities of Dobronak, Hodos, Lendava, Moravske Toplice and Šalovci. The constituency currently elects one of the 90 members of the National Assembly using a single round majority electoral system. At the 2026 parliamentary election the constituency had 5,377 registered electors.
History The 10th constituency (Lendava) was one of the ten constituencies established by the Determination of Constituencies for the Election of Deputies to the National Assembly Act (ZDVEDZ) () passed by the Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia () in September 1992. It consisted of the municipalities of Lendava and Murska Sobota.
Following the re-organisation of municipalities in October 1994, parts of Murska Sobota municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Hodos–Sal and Moravske Toplice. In August 1998, parts of Hodos–Sal municipality were transferred to the newly created Šalovci municipality while Hodos–Sal was renamed Hodos; and parts of Lendava municipality were transferred to the newly created Dobronak municipality.
In February 2021, the National Assembly passed Amendments and Supplements to the Determination of Constituencies for the Election of Deputies to the National Assembly Act (ZDVEDZ-B) () which defined the Lendava constituency as consisting of the municipalities of Dobronak, Hodos, Lendava, Moravske Toplice and Šalovci.
Electoral system Lendava currently elects one of the 90 members of the National Assembly using a single-round majority electoral system. Prior to 2021, the Borda count ranked voting was used with voters ranking candidates in order of preference. These preferences were converted to points - each first preference received as many points as there were candidates, each second preference received one fewer point etc. The candidate with the most points was elected.
In addition to voting for a Hungarian candidate, electors belonging to the Hungarian national community in Lendava may also vote for a candidate from the national parties in their electoral district. This means they have two votes, violating the principle of equal voting.
Election results 2020s 2026 Results of the 2026 parliamentary election held on 22 March 2026:
Candidate Votes % 2,336 72.46%Tomi Horvat 888 27.54%Valid votes 3,224 100.00%Rejected votes 108 3.24%Total polled 3,332 61.97%Registered electors 5,377
2022 Results of the 2022 parliamentary election held on 24 April 2022:
Candidate Votes % 2,026 57.74%Mihael Kasaš 836 23.82%Otto Močnek 647 18.44%Valid votes 3,509 100.00%Rejected votes 74 2.07%Total polled 3,583 65.32%Registered electors 5,485
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 parliamentary election held on 3 June 2018:
Candidate Points % 4,193 60.20%Gabriela Sobočan 2,772 39.80%Total 6,965 100.00%Valid votes 3,001 Rejected votes 42 1.38%Total polled 3,043 51.13%Registered electors 5,952
2014 Results of the 2014 parliamentary election held on 13 July 2014:
Candidate Votes %László Göncz 2,265 100.00%Valid votes 2,265 100.00%Rejected votes 147 6.09%Total polled 2,412 39.00%Registered electors 6,184
2011 Results of the 2011 parliamentary election held on 4 December 2011:
Candidate Points %László Göncz 5,135 68.54%Dušan Orban 2,357 31.46%Total 7,492 100.00%Valid votes 3,324 Rejected votes 58 1.71%Total polled 3,382 50.77%Registered electors 6,661
2000s 2008 Results of the 2008 parliamentary election held on 21 September 2008:
Candidate Points %László Göncz 11,003 26.25%Mária Pozsonec 9,748 23.26%Olga Požgai Horvat 7,561 18.04% 7,108 16.96%Janez Somi 6,496 15.50%Total 41,916 100.00%Valid votes 3,699 Rejected votes 69 1.83%Total polled 3,768 53.35%Registered electors 7,063
2004 Results of the 2004 parliamentary election held on 3 October 2004:
Candidate Preference votes Totalvotes Points %1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thMária Pozsonec 1,658 343 131 90 194 2,416 10,435 34.03%Józef Kocoń 876 359 193 202 201 1,831 7,007 22.85%Franc Vida 338 297 417 298 156 1,506 4,884 15.93%Tomka György 327 212 254 336 375 1,504 4,297 14.01%Janez Bogdan 245 226 304 328 339 1,442 4,040 13.18%Total 3,444 1,437 1,299 1,254 1,265 8,699 30,663 100.00%Valid votes 3,464 Rejected votes 128 3.56%Total polled 3,592 54.72%Registered electors 6,564
2000 Results of the 2000 parliamentary election held on 15 October 2000:
Candidate Points %Mária Pozsonec 12,830 33.76%Józef Kocoń 10,614 27.93%Janez Somi 5,213 13.72%Jožef Hančik 5,086 13.38%József Mursics 4,262 11.21%Total 38,005 100.00%Valid votes 4,397 Rejected votes 225 4.87%Total polled 4,622 64.36%Registered electors 7,181
1990s 1996 Results of the 1996 parliamentary election held on 10 November 1996:
Candidate Points %Mária Pozsonec 10,264 42.85% 5,655 23.61%Tomka György 4,880 20.37%Geza Puhan 3,155 13.17%Total 23,954 100.00%Valid votes 3,545 Rejected votes 534 13.09%Total polled 4,079 65.91%Registered electors 6,189
1992 Results of the 1992 parliamentary election held on 6 December 1992:
Candidate Points %Mária Pozsonec 25,335 33.04%Jožef Horvat 6,455 8.42%Elizabeta Bernjak 10,259 13.38%Tomka György 14,786 19.28%József Mursics 8,656 11.29%David Janos 5,544 7.23%Vili Herženjak 5,648 7.37%Total 76,683 100.00%Valid votes 4,936 Rejected votes 209 4.06%Total polled 5,145 79.51%Registered electors 6,471
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