[1] Pahor won the run-off with 53% of the vote;[2] voter turnout in the second round was 42.13%, the lowest in any presidential election since independence.

[9] Criticizing Pahor for treating the presidential function as a celebrity, Šarec was viewed as a potentially strong candidate.

[10] Backed by his party Lista Marjana Šarca - Naprej Kamnik, Šarec successfully collected the required 3,000 votes of support.

[14] In September, the Modern Centre Party announced that their candidate would be Maja Makovec Brenčič, the minister of education, science, and sport.

[19] A former member of Slovenian Territorial Defence, Šiško was also the leader of the ultras group Viole, supporters of NK Maribor.

[22] Jazbec stated that his decision was based on a promise to the late Slovenian statesman France Bučar that he would become actively involved with national politics.

[26] Some people announced their candidacies with support of non-parliamentary political parties, including sociologist Luj Šprohar (backed by Liberal Democracy of Slovenia).

[27] Other people that announced their intention to run for office, including Milan Robič, Jožef Jarh, Ludvik Poljanec, Aleš Cepič, a comedian Žiga Papež, singers Damjan Murko and Dominik Kozarič, poet, dramatist, and actor Andrej Rozman-Roza,[10] and sociologist Valerija Korošec.

[55] Šarec stated he was happy with the result and with the fact that he made it to the run-off, he expressed hope that it will be possible to discuss topics that were not addressed in the first round campaign.

However, the candidates of the right-wing parties failed to more than a fifth of the vote, drawing comparison with Barbara Brezigar (SDS) who made it to the run-off in the 2002 election.

[58] SDS viewed the result of Tomc as a success, given the late start of the campaign and the fact that she won more vote than the opinion polls predicted,[59] while Janez Janša stated that there are no major differences between Pahor and Šarec anyway.

[58] The bad result of the SMC candidate, Makovec Brenčič, was seen as a major blow to the largest party in the government and a warning before the 2018 general election.

[62] Miro Cerar, the Prime Minister, whose SMC endorsed none of the candidates,[65] and Milan Brglez, the Speaker of the National Assembly, both congratulated Pahor, as did the presidents of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen and Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.

[62] Janez Janša of SDS also send congratulations but warned of the low voter turnout, which was "below the legitimate level".