Slovenia’s 2026 local elections are being counted, with the first provisional mayoral returns placing incumbent Zoran Janković ahead in Ljubljana, Matevž Frangež in Maribor and incumbent Aleš Bržan in Koper. These are early figures, not certified outcomes: the order, percentages and potential runoff pairings may change as more municipal results are entered.
Election-night snapshot · 15 November 2026, approximately 21:35 CET. The figures below were retrieved from Votendi’s Slovenia results feed, which gathers data from Slovenia’s election reporting system. For the automatically refreshed figures, visit our Slovenia Local Elections 2026 live results hub. This article records a point-in-time snapshot and does not update its numbers automatically.
Ljubljana: Janković ahead of Mesec in an early count
The first reported votes give long-serving Ljubljana mayor Zoran Janković 37.12% (1,205 votes) and Luka Mesec 25.32% (822 votes). Aleš Primc follows on 8.69% (282 votes), ahead of Aleš Vrhovec on 8.10% (263 votes). These totals cover only votes present in the feed at the time of this snapshot; they are not the city’s complete count.
Janković has led the Slovenian capital since 2006 and is seeking another term. Mesec, a leading figure of the left-wing Levica party, is his prominent challenger. Pre-election surveys had raised the possibility of a runoff, but the initial count alone does not establish whether one will be needed.
Maribor: Frangež leads, with four candidates above 18%
The Maribor count is more developed in the latest feed snapshot. Matevž Frangež is on 28.23% (7,873 votes), followed by Bor Greiner on 22.81% (6,361 votes). Andrej Bauman has 20.77% (5,791 votes) and Katja Koren 18.99% (5,295 votes). With four candidates securing substantial shares, the first-round result is closely watched.
The race follows incumbent mayor Saša Arsenovič’s decision not to seek another term. Late campaign polling had placed Greiner ahead of Frangež, although methodologies and samples differed. Večer is tracking the partial municipal results, while Slovenske novice has also reported Frangež and Greiner at the front. Neither report should be treated as a final certified result.
Koper: Bržan leads, Popovič second
In the coastal city of Koper / Capodistria, incumbent Aleš Bržan has 43.69% (689 votes) in the available early returns. Nik Popovič is second on 28.47% (449 votes), with Mateja Hrvatin Kozlovič on 17.37% (274 votes). The smaller candidate vote totals show that only a limited part of the mayoral count was reflected in this snapshot.
The campaign featured competing polling estimates and questions about Bržan’s prospects of winning without a second round. The final pre-election polling round-up documented how substantially Koper surveys diverged. Election results, rather than polls, now determine the outcome.
Turnout figures are separate from votes counted
Votendi’s feed currently reports turnout of 35.64% in Ljubljana (73,206 of 205,401 eligible voters), 42.14% in Maribor (33,371 of 79,189), and 37.13% in Koper (14,783 of 39,813). These turnout totals come from a separate reporting field: they must not be interpreted as the number of mayoral votes already included in each city’s candidate totals. The feed does not provide a verified percentage of ballots counted.
Across Slovenia, more than 1.6 million people were eligible to vote in mayoral and municipal council elections across 212 municipalities. Polling stations closed at 19:00 CET, with partial results expected after 20:00. The Slovenian government reported nationwide turnout of 36.77% by 16:00, an earlier observation that is not directly comparable with subsequent municipality-level snapshots.
What happens next?
Slovenian mayors are elected by an absolute-majority system. If no candidate receives more than half of the valid votes in the first round, the two leading candidates advance to a runoff on 29 November 2026. With counting still under way, Votendi is not declaring winners or confirmed runoff participants for Ljubljana, Maribor or Koper.
Follow the updating numbers: Votendi’s live Slovenia election results refreshes its source every three minutes while the page is open. The source data, candidate votes, percentages and turnout can be checked against the official Slovenia 2026 election portal. The live dashboard is the reference for changes after this article’s publication.
Source note: All quoted mayoral percentages and vote totals are from Votendi’s DVK-connected data feed, checked around 21:35 CET on 15 November 2026. They are provisional and subject to correction or later updates. Local media and government links above provide independent election-night context. The source timestamp returned by the feed requires timezone reconciliation and is therefore not reproduced as a verified local publication time in this snapshot.
