[2] As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff between the top two placing candidates, former foreign minister Anže Logar, an SDS member running as an independent, and independent former Information Commissioner Nataša Pirc Musar, took place on 13 November 2022.

Pirc Musar won the runoff with 53.86% of the vote, becoming the first female president of Slovenia.

In the first round Anže Logar received 34% of the voter share against 27% for Nataša Pirc Musar.

[34] Logar also ran as an independent, but was a member of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), which lost parliamentary elections six months prior.

[35] Logar is therefore associated with Janša, who was accused with attempting to restrict the freedom of expression and undermine the independence of the judiciary during his term in office.