Two candidates applied for the post: previous president Zoran Janković and the incumbent Alenka Bratušek.

[17] Janez Janša began serving his two-year prison sentence on 20 June,[18] which, according to the media, influenced the campaign of his party.

The only party that managed to win a higher percentage of the votes was Janez Drnovšek's Liberal Democracy of Slovenia at the 2000 election.

United Left won 6 seats, with tracking polls showing gaining the momentum in the last days before the election.

The Slovenian People's Party, Positive Slovenia (the winner of the 2011 election), and Civic List all failed to retain seats in the Assembly.

[25] Following the results, Miro Cerar (the likely new Prime Minister[26]) stated he perceives the large public support as a responsibility.

He said he was open to enter coalition talks with all parties, except the SDS, which is "directly undermining the rule of legal institutions".

[28] Karl Erjavec of DeSUS stated that the party is ready to enter the coalition talks and that they will protect the pension funds.

United Left, which was positively surprised by their result, stated that they are willing to participate in a government, although they won't compromise on their political programme.

[27] International media noted that the winner of the election is a political newcomer and that his success is "punishment by voters for the traditional parties, tarnished by corruption scandals and years of economic turmoil".

[30] Media also noted that Cerar opposes selling controlling stakes of strategic infrastructure, such as telecoms provider Telekom Slovenia and the international airport, Aerodrom Ljubljana, and stressed that one of his main tasks will be to reduce the national budget deficit.