The Andrej Čuš and Greens of Slovenia ( sl, Andrej Čuš in Zeleni Slovenije, AČZS) is a

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History

The Greens of Slovenia was formed on 11 June 1989 in the course of the

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, when Slovenia was still part of

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. At the first

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in Slovenia, the Greens gained 8.8% of the votes cast and won 8 seats in the

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legislature. At the 1992 parliamentary election the party gained 3.7% of the votes cast, losing 3 mandates in the assembly. Since in

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it fell at the 4-percent-hurdle, it is no longer represented in parliament. At the parliamentary election in September 2008, the party won no seats. At the early

2011 Slovenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 4 December 2011 to elect the 90 deputies of the National Assembly. This was the first early election in Slovenia's history. The election was surprisingly won by the center-left Positive Slovenia par ...

on 4 December 2011, the party won 0.36% of the vote, thus not gaining any seat in the National Assembly. The party received 0.50% of the vote in the Slovenian parliamentary election on 13 July 2014, and again did not win any seats in parliament.Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014
Republika Slovenija - Državna volilna komisija. Accessed 13 July 2014 In March 2018 Andrej Čuš took over the leadership and renamed the party Andrej Čuš and Greens of Slovenia ( sl, Andrej Čuš in Zeleni Slovenije).

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stated in April 2021 that the party displays the logo of the

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(EGP) on their website, however, the EGP contacted Europe Elects and denied any affiliation.

Election results

National Assembly

European Parliament

References

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