Slovenia's populist PM loses election to environmentalist party-election commission

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Jansa speaks during Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) convention before parliamentary elections, in Ljubljana, Slovenia April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) -Slovenia's populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa lost a national election on Sunday as the environmentalist Freedom Movement party won more votes than his SDS party, according to preliminary figures from election authorities.

Jansa, who had hoped to win a fourth term in office, conceded that he had been defeated in the vote, adding however that his SDS party had secured more votes than ever before.