Celje, officially known as the 5th constituency (), is one of the eight multi-member constituencies (electoral units) of the National Assembly, the national legislature of Slovenia. The constituency was established in 1992 following Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia. It consists of the municipalities of Braslovče, Celje, Črna na Koroškem, Dobje, Dobrna, Dravograd, Gornji Grad, Ljubno, Luče, Mežica, Mislinja, Mozirje, Muta, Nazarje, Podvelka, Polzela, Prebold, Prevalje, Radlje ob Dravi, Ravne na Koroškem, Rečica ob Savinji, Ribnica na Pohorju, Šentjur, Slovenj Gradec, Šmartno ob Paki, Solčava, Šoštanj, Štore, Tabor, Velenje, Vojnik, Vransko, Vuzenica and Žalec. The constituency currently elects 11 of the 90 members of the National Assembly using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 parliamentary election the constituency had 210,611 registered electors.

History The 5th constituency (Celje) was one of the eight 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 Celje, Dravograd, Mozirje, Radlje ob Dravi, Ravne na Koroškem, Šentjur pri Celju, Slovenj Gradec, Velenje and Žalec.

Following the re-organisation of municipalities in October 1994, parts of Celje municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Štore and Vojnik; parts of Mozirje municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Gornji Grad, Ljubno, Luče and Nazarje; parts of Radlje ob Dravi municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Muta, Podvelka–Ribnica and Vuzenica; parts of Ravne na Koroškem municipality was split into the newly created municipalities of Črna na Koroškem, Mežica and Ravne–Prevalje; parts of Slovenj Gradec municipality were transferred to the newly created Mislinja municipality; and parts of Velenje municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Šmartno ob Paki and Šoštanj.

In August 1998 parts of Vojnik municipality were transferred to the newly created Dobrna municipality; parts of Luče municipality were transferred to the newly created Solčava municipality; parts of Podvelka–Ribnica municipality were transferred to the newly created Ribnica na Pohorju municipality whilst Podvelka–Ribnica was renamed Podvelka; parts of Ravne–Prevalje municipality were transferred to the newly created Prevalje municipality whilst Ravne–Prevalje was renamed Ravne na Koroškem; parts of Šentjur pri Celju municipality were transferred to the newly created Dobje municipality; and parts of Žalec municipality were transferred to the newly created municipalities of Braslovče, Polzela, Prebold, Tabor and Vransko. Šentjur pri Celju municipality was renamed Šentjur in June 2002. Rečica ob Savinji municipality was created from parts of Mozirje municipality in June 2006.

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 Celje constituency as consisting of the municipalities of Braslovče, Celje, Črna na Koroškem, Dobje, Dobrna, Dravograd, Gornji Grad, Ljubno, Luče, Mežica, Mislinja, Mozirje, Muta, Nazarje, Podvelka, Polzela, Prebold, Prevalje, Radlje ob Dravi, Ravne na Koroškem, Rečica ob Savinji, Ribnica na Pohorju, Šentjur, Slovenj Gradec, Šmartno ob Paki, Solčava, Šoštanj, Štore, Tabor, Velenje, Vojnik, Vransko, Vuzenica and Žalec.

Electoral system Celje currently elects 11 of the 90 members of the National Assembly using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Each constituency is divided into 11 electoral districts () in which each party stands a single candidate. Electors vote for a candidate of their choice in their electoral district and then the votes received by each party's candidates are aggregated at the constituency level.

Allocation of seats was carried out in two stages. In the first stage, seats are allocated to parties at the constituency level using the Droop quota (Hare quota prior to 2006). In the second stage, unallocated seats from the first stage are aggregated at the national level and allocated to parties using the D'Hondt method (any seats won by the party at the constituency level are subtracted from the party's national seats). Though calculated nationally, national seats are allocated at the constituency level.

Since 2000, only parties that reach the 4% national threshold compete for seats at both constituency and national levels. Prior to this there was no threshold at the constituency level but parties needed to reach (c3.4%) to compete for seats at the national level.

Seats won by each party in a constituency are allocated to the candidates with the highest percentage of votes. As a consequence, multiple candidates may be elected from an electoral district whilst others may have no candidates elected. Prior to 2000 parties had the option to have up to 50% of their national seats allocated in the order they appear on their party list (closed list).

Electoral districts Celje is divided into 11 electoral districts:

1. Šentjur - municipalities of Dobje and Šentjur. 2. Celje 1 - municipalities of Celje (except Košnica pri Celju, Medlog, Osenca, Pečovnik, Tremerje, Trnovlje pri Celju, Zvodno and parts of Celje), Dobrna, Štore and Vojnik. 3. Celje 2 - municipality of Celje (Košnica pri Celju, Medlog, Osenca, Pečovnik, Tremerje, Trnovlje pri Celju, Zvodno and parts of Celje only). 4. Žalec 1 - municipalities of Polzela, Velenje (Črnova, Janškovo selo, Lipje, Lopatnik, Pirešica, Prelska and Vinska Gora only) and Žalec (except Arja vas, Brnica, Dobriša vas, Drešinja vas, Griže, Kasaze, Levec, Liboje, Mala Pirešica, Migojnice, Novo Celje, Petrovče, Pongrac, Ruše, Zabukovica and Zaloška Gorica) 5. Žalec 2 - municipalities of Braslovče, Prebold, Tabor, Vransko and Žalec (Arja vas, Brnica, Dobriša vas, Drešinja vas, Griže, Kasaze, Levec, Liboje, Mala Pirešica, Migojnice, Novo Celje, Petrovče, Pongrac, Ruše, Zabukovica and Zaloška Gorica only). 6. Mozirje - municipalities of Gornji Grad, Ljubno, Luče, Mozirje, Nazarje, Rečica ob Savinji and Solčava. 7. Velenje 1 - municipality of Velenje (except Črnova, Janškovo selo, Kavče, Lipje, Lopatnik, Pirešica, Plešivec, Podgorje, Podkraj pri Velenju, Prelska, Vinska Gora and parts of Velenje). 8. Velenje 2 - municipalities of Šmartno ob Paki, Šoštanj and Velenje (Kavče, Plešivec, Podgorje, Podkraj pri Velenju and parts of Velenje only). 9. Slovenj Gradec - municipalities of Mislinja and Slovenj Gradec. 10. Ravne na Koroškem - municipalities of Črna na Koroškem, Mežica, Prevalje and Ravne na Koroškem. 11. Radlje - municipalities of Dravograd, Muta, Podvelka, Ribnica na Pohorju, Radlje ob Dravi and Vuzenica.

Election results Summary

Election LeftLevica / ZL / TRS Social DemocratsSD / ZLSD / ZL Freedom MovementSvoboda Positive SloveniaPS / LZJ-PS Liberal DemocracyLDS Let's ConnectPoS / SMC Slovenian People'sSLS / SLS-SKD /SLS-SMS Christian DemocratsSKD New SloveniaNSi Slovenian DemocratsSDS / SDSS Slovenian NationalistsSNS colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2026 6,291 4.18% 0 11,454 7.62% 0 39,725 26.42% 3 with NSi 15,569 10.35% 1 46,977 31.24% 3 3,765 2.50% 02022 4,786 3.18% 0 12,307 8.18% 0 46,410 30.85% 3 4,728 3.14% 0 with PoS 11,026 7.33% 0 41,017 27.27% 3 2,834 1.88% 02018 8,178 7.11% 0 13,251 11.53% 1 10,381 9.03% 1 2,997 2.61% 0 6,868 5.97% 0 33,115 28.81% 3 5,828 5.07% 02014 5,449 4.92% 0 7,019 6.33% 0 2,554 2.30% 0 37,868 34.17% 4 4,558 4.11% 0 4,990 4.50% 0 23,335 21.06% 2 2,365 2.13% 02011 2,127 1.53% 0 13,662 9.80% 1 32,058 23.00% 2 1,981 1.42% 0 11,589 8.31% 0 5,168 3.71% 0 41,289 29.62% 3 2,970 2.13% 02008 35,840 26.65% 3 5,156 3.83% 0 9,954 7.40% 0 471 0.35% 0 3,276 2.44% 0 40,833 30.36% 3 8,774 6.52% 02004 12,503 10.00% 1 26,348 21.06% 2 7,909 6.32% 0 9,070 7.25% 0 39,477 31.56% 3 10,826 8.65% 12000 14,777 10.79% 1 50,029 36.53% 4 14,394 10.51% 1 with SLS 9,438 6.89% 0 21,354 15.59% 1 6,945 5.07% 01996 8,963 6.51% 0 38,784 28.17% 3 26,062 18.93% 2 12,839 9.32% 1 24,779 18.00% 1 3,689 2.68% 01992 18,539 12.21% 1 45,691 30.10% 3 12,396 8.17% 0 19,359 12.75% 1 4,089 2.69% 0 12,960 8.54% 0

(Excludes national seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)

Detailed

2020s 2026 Results of the 2026 parliamentary election held on 22 March 2026:

Party Votes per electoral district Totalvotes % SeatsCelje 1 Celje 2 Mozirje Radlje Ravne naKoroš-kem Šentjur SlovenjGradec Velenje 1 Velenje 2 Žalec 1 Žalec 2 Slovenian Democratic Party SDS 7,052 3,564 3,709 4,481 4,106 5,269 3,743 3,039 4,358 4,242 3,414 46,977 31.24% 3 1 4 Freedom Movement Svoboda 5,178 4,357 1,911 4,197 4,636 2,470 4,569 3,025 2,781 3,174 3,427 39,725 26.42% 3 0 3 New Slovenia – Christian Democrats,Slovenian People's Party and Focus NSi-SLS-FOKUS 1,888 809 1,895 954 1,520 1,205 1,124 665 981 1,386 3,142 15,569 10.35% 1 0 1 Social Democrats SD 1,334 1,064 350 682 1,331 834 863 1,377 1,028 1,395 1,196 11,454 7.62% 0 1 1 Democrats D 1,484 940 690 1,567 581 756 889 653 879 943 852 10,234 6.81% 0 1 1 Resni.ca Resni.ca 1,234 832 498 819 570 613 655 620 599 634 645 7,719 5.13% 0 1 1 The Left and Vesna – Green Party Levica-Vesna 842 990 562 421 645 358 540 488 441 484 520 6,291 4.18% 0 0 0 Slovenian National Party SNS 748 418 218 273 245 317 312 210 424 359 241 3,765 2.50% 0 0 0 Prerod Prerod 554 363 166 264 212 351 300 235 336 297 309 3,387 2.25% 0 0 0 Pirate Party Pirati 430 373 131 249 242 190 262 195 202 287 272 2,833 1.88% 0 0 0 Greens of Sloveniaand Party of Generations ZS-SG 47 62 25 45 64 55 101 86 66 47 56 654 0.43% 0 0 0 Voice of Pensioners GU 96 69 19 54 34 22 33 38 35 35 30 465 0.31% 0 0 0 We, Socialists! MI! 57 82 19 32 50 27 42 37 35 42 37 460 0.31% 0 0 0 Alternative for Slovenia AzaS 69 51 42 24 32 36 30 24 25 48 43 424 0.28% 0 0 0 Karl Erjavec - Trust Party SZ 43 28 23 16 18 20 17 22 24 34 16 261 0.17% 0 0 0 Solution – Party of Pensioners Velenje SUS 17 21 6 16 12 5 7 27 38 6 9 164 0.11% 0 0 0Valid votes 21,073 14,023 10,264 14,094 14,298 12,528 13,487 10,741 12,252 13,413 14,209 150,382 100.00% 7 4 11Rejected votes 196 110 55 169 147 102 112 110 103 138 140 1,382 0.91% Total polled 21,269 14,133 10,319 14,263 14,445 12,630 13,599 10,851 12,355 13,551 14,349 151,764 72.06% Registered electors 29,519 21,242 13,537 20,289 20,469 17,130 17,967 16,034 17,200 18,306 18,918 210,611 Turnout 72.05% 66.53% 76.23% 70.30% 70.57% 73.73% 75.69% 67.67% 71.83% 74.02% 75.85% 72.06%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats - Jelka Godec (SDS, Šentjur), 5,269 votes; Jožef Jelen (SDS, Mozirje), 3,709 votes; Manja Lesnik (SDS, Velenje 2), 4,358 votes; Metka Pešl Šater (Svoboda Ravne na Koroškem), 4,636 votes; (NSi-SLS-FOKUS, Žalec 2), 3,142 votes; (Svoboda, Celje 2), 4,357 votes; and Dušan Stojanovič (Svoboda, Slovenj Gradec), 4,569 votes. National seats - Andreja Katič (SD, Velenje 1), 1,377 votes; Damjan Muzel (SDS, Celje 1), 7,052 votes; (D, Radlje), 1,567 votes; and (Resni.ca, Celje 2), 832 votes.

2022 Results of the 2022 parliamentary election held on 24 April 2022: