National Council election in Slovakia 2020
The National Council election in Slovakia 2020 for the National Council took place on February 29, 2020.
The 150 members of the Slovak Parliament were elected . It was the eighth National Council election since Slovakia's independence in 1993. The last presidential election took place in 2019 .
Electoral system
Individual parties had to skip a threshold clause of 5 percent of the votes, for party alliances the limit was 7 percent.
The 150 elected representatives are elected by proportional representation in a single constituency (the whole of Slovakia). The mandates for parliament are allocated through the Hagenbach-Bischoff procedure .
Starting position
Previous election 2016
In the National Council election in 2016 , the left-wing populist party Smer-SD with Prime Minister Robert Fico lost the absolute majority in parliament that it gained in the 2012 election.
Almost all other parties were able to benefit from the losses of the Smer-SD, such as the liberal SaS and the protest parties OĽaNO and Sme rodina , which for the first time succeeded in entering the National Council. The national conservative SNS and the ultra-nationalist ĽSNS also won . The SNS managed to re-enter the National Council, ĽSNS the first time. The new liberal-conservative party SIET by Radoslav Procházka indeed managed a place in the National Council, but remained well below the high expectations.
The Catholic-Conservative KDH , on the other hand, missed parliamentary entry for the first time since 1990. The two parties of the Hungarian minority were also among the losers . Most-Híd lagged behind the good survey results and the SMK again failed to make it into the National Council.
Educated governments
The parties Smer-SD, SNS, MH and Sieť reached a coalition agreement shortly after the election; the government was sworn in on March 23, 2016. Fico's third cabinet thus consisted of a left-wing populist (Smer), a national conservative (SNS), an economically liberal (Sieť) party and a party of the Hungarian minority (MH). However, the three government posts due to the SNS were filled by non-party members at the suggestion of the SNS. She left the government in September 2016.
- Government of Peter Pellegrini
After the murder of dissident journalists Ján Kuciak and its fiancée Martina Kušnírová in February 2018 which been numerous protests and a political and social crisis in Slovakia led, joined Prime Minister Fico in March 2018 back and beat the previous Vice-Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini as new head of government. The then President Andrej Kiska commissioned Pellegrini to form a new government, which was sworn in on March 22, 2018. The governing parties remained unchanged.
Parties and candidates
Parties represented in the National Council before the election
The following parties are currently represented in the National Council:
Party / alliance | Leading candidate | Political orientation | European party | Remarks | ||
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Smer - sociálna demokracia (Smer-SD) direction - social democracy |
Peter Pellegrini |
Social democracy , left- wing populism |
SPE | |||
Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS) freedom and solidarity |
Richard Sulík |
Liberalism , libertarianism , neoliberalism |
EKR | |||
Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽaNO) Ordinary people and independent people |
Igor Matovič |
Protest party , conservatism |
No; Member of the EPP Group |
List association with NOVA , Kresťanská únia (KÚ) and Zmena zdola (ZZ) (liberal-conservative, Christian and liberal parties) |
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Slovenská národná strana (SNS) Slovak National Party |
Andrei Danko |
National conservatism , protectionism |
No | |||
Kotlebovci - Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) Kotlebians - People's Party Our Slovakia |
Marian Kotleba |
Ultra-nationalism , right-wing extremism |
APF | List association with Doma Dobre , KDŽP , Národná koalícia and PD (right-conservative and agricultural parties) |
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Sme rodina We are a family |
Boris Kollár |
Protest party , right-wing populism |
ID | |||
Most – Híd bridge |
Árpád Érsek |
Hungarian minority , liberalism , conservatism |
EPP | List association with MKDA-MKDSZ , RIS and Šanca (Conservatives, RIS : Party for the Roma minority ) |
Not represented in the National Council until the election
The following parties are currently not represented in the National Council, but are regularly seen close to or over five percent of the votes in the current polls:
Party / alliance | Leading candidate | Political orientation | European party | Remarks | ||
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Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) Christian Democratic Movement |
Alojz Hlina |
Political Catholicism , economic liberalism |
EPP | |||
Magyar Közösség Pártja (SMK-MKP) Party of the Hungarian Community |
Gyula Bárdos |
Hungarian minority , national conservatism |
EPP | List association with Magyar Fórum (conservative party of the Hungarian minority) |
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Progresívne Slovensko (PS) Progressive Slovakia |
Michal Truban |
Left liberalism , progressivism |
ALDE | Electoral alliance from Progresívne Slovensko and Spolu | ||
Spolu - občianska demokracia Together - citizen democracy |
Miroslav Beblavý |
Conservatism , economic liberalism |
EPP | |||
Za ľudí For the people |
Andrei Kiska |
Political center , conservatism , liberalism |
No | |||
Dobrá voľba Good choice |
Tomáš printer |
liberalism | No | |||
Vlasť home |
Štefan Harabin |
Nationalism , right-wing extremism |
No |
Survey
Debate on polling 50 days before the election
Various parties brought into play the extension of a survey ban in the summer of 2019. Instead of the previous 14 days before the day of the election, the parties Smer, SNS and ĽSNS, among others, should no longer be allowed to publish polls up to 50 days before the election day. Among other things, “obvious manipulation” was given as a reason. The parliament finally passed a corresponding law in October 2019. Slovakia would have had by far the longest polling period in Europe (followed by Italy with 15 days). In fact, the results of the polls in previous elections in Slovakia differed massively from the later results, which is extremely unusual in this form in a member state of the European Union. In the last National Council election in 2016 , the Sieť party, which stood for the first time, was predicted to have values of 15 to 17 percent and second place, but ultimately the party only achieved 5.6 percent and just made it to the National Council as the eighth strongest party. The values for the right-wing extremist party ĽSNS, on the other hand, were not shown individually in any survey, but with over eight percent it ultimately became the fifth-strongest party. However, the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová , did not sign the law because it "violates the right to information and the right to collect and disseminate information."
Last polls before the election
Institute | date | Smer | SaS | OĽaNO | SNS | ĽSNS | SR | MH | KDH | SMK-MKP | PS - Spolu | Za ľudí | Others |
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AKO | 02/13/2020 | 16.9% | 6.1% | 15.5% | 5.0% | 10.3% | 7.2% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 3.0% | 9.4% | 8.9% | 7.7% |
Actly | 02/13/2020 | 20.9% | 4.6% | 12.6% | 5.0% | 12.4% | 7.1% | 2.6% | 5.9% | 3.8% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 9.0% |
Focus | 02/12/2020 | 17.0% | 5.3% | 13.3% | 4.4% | 12.2% | 7.8% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 3.9% | 9.3% | 8.2% | 9.0% |
AKO | 02/06/2020 | 17.3% | 5.8% | 13.5% | 5.1% | 11.8% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 8.7% | 9.5% | 8.9% |
Cantar | 02/05/2020 | 19.6% | 6.4% | 16.3% | 4.2% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 1.7% | 3.1% | 1.4% | 11.5% | 8.9% | 7.3% |
Election 2016 | 05.03.2016 | 28.3% | 12.1% | 11.0% | 8.6% | 8.0% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 4.0% | - | - | 10.0% |
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Election result
Overall result
Political party | be right | Seats | ||||||
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number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||||
Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽaNO) Ordinary people and independent people |
721.166 | 25.02 | +14.0 | 53 | +34 | |||
Smer - sociálna demokracia (Smer-SD) direction - social democracy |
527.172 | 18.29 | −10.03 | 38 | −11 | |||
Sme rodina (SR) We are a family - Boris Kollár |
237,531 | 8.24 | +2.62 | 17th | +6 | |||
Kotlebovci - Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) Kotlebians - People's Party Our Slovakia |
229,660 | 7.97 | −0.7 | 17th | +3 | |||
Progresívne Slovensko (PS) Progressive Slovakia |
200,780 | 6.96 | New | - | - | |||
Spolu - občianska demokracia Together - citizen democracy |
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Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS) freedom and solidarity |
179,246 | 6.22 | −5.88 | 13 | −8 | |||
Za ľudí For the people |
166,325 | 5.77 | New | 12 | New | |||
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) Christian Democratic Movement |
134.099 | 4.65 | −0.29 | - | - | |||
Strana maďarskej komunity - Magyar Közösség Pártja (SMK-MKP) Party of the Hungarian community |
112,660 | 3.90 | −0.14 | - | - | |||
Slovenská národná strana (SNS) Slovak National Party |
91.171 | 3.16 | −5.48 | - | −15 | |||
Dobrá voľba Good choice |
88,220 | 3.06 | New | - | - | |||
Vlasť home |
84.507 | 2.93 | New | - | - | |||
Most – Híd (MH) bridge, party of cooperation |
59,174 | 2.05 | −4.45 | - | −11 | |||
Others | 46,737 | 1.79 | −8.03 | - | −10 | |||
total | 2,878,448 | 100.00 | ± 0 | 150 | ± 0 | |||
Valid votes | 2,881,511 | 98.79 | +0.23 | |||||
Invalid votes | 35,329 | 1.21 | -0.23 | |||||
voter turnout | 2,916,840 | 65.80 | +5.98 | |||||
Non-voters | 1,550,908 | 43.20 | -5.98 | |||||
Eligible voters | 4,432,419 | |||||||
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
Regional results
The result in the individual regions :
region | be right | OĽaNO | Smer-SD | SR | ĽSNS | PS Spolu | SaS | Za ľudí | KDH | SMK-MKP | SNS | DV | Vlasť | MH | Others |
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Bratislavský | 431.718 | 26.32% | 12.04% | 6.42% | 4.62% | 14.24% | 12.26% | 9.18% | 4.22% | 0.86% | 1.96% | 3.00% | 2.53% | 1.02% | 1.33% |
Trnavský | 312,720 | 28.08% | 14.58% | 7.37% | 6.59% | 5.98% | 5.35% | 4.67% | 3.08% | 11.44% | 2.19% | 2.13% | 2.20% | 4.83% | 1.51% |
Trenčiansky | 334,597 | 23.97% | 23.44% | 9.82% | 9.23% | 6.57% | 5.64% | 4.55% | 3.85% | - | 3.95% | 3.34% | 3.52% | 0.19% | 1.93% |
Nitriansky | 357.084 | 23.03% | 17.75% | 8.27% | 7.36% | 5.16% | 4.94% | 4.33% | 2.72% | 12.33% | 2.99% | 2.80% | 2.29% | 4.45% | 1.58% |
Žilinský | 562,330 | 24.94% | 20.58% | 8.52% | 9.71% | 6.02% | 5.59% | 4.72% | 6.60% | - | 4.73% | 3.23% | 3.51% | 0.16% | 1.62% |
Banskobystrický | 322.155 | 21.68% | 20.41% | 9.25% | 10.62% | 6.27% | 5.47% | 4.85% | 3.03% | 4.11% | 3.10% | 3.24% | 2.66% | 3.24% | 2.08% |
Prešovský | 397.010 | 25.63% | 20.99% | 8.39% | 8.50% | 4.37% | 4.08% | 6.15% | 8.37% | - | 3.69% | 3.54% | 3.51% | 0.70% | 2.08% |
Košický | 361,532 | 26.28% | 17.54% | 8.36% | 7.76% | 5.46% | 5.19% | 6.51% | 4.41% | 4.66% | 2.65% | 3.07% | 3.09% | 2.72% | 2.30% |
foreign countries | 3,861 | 14.11% | 2.37% | 1.46% | 4.52% | 33.30% | 8.75% | 27.11% | 2.82% | 0.81% | 0.36% | 0.67% | 2.03% | 0.36% | 1.33% |
Slovakia (entire) | 2,916,840 | 25.02% | 18.29% | 8.24% | 7.97% | 6.96% | 6.22% | 5.77% | 4.65% | 3.90% | 3.16% | 3.06% | 2.93% | 2.05% | 1.79% |
Government formation
At least 76 of the 150 parliamentary seats are required to form a government with a majority, and a three-fifths majority (necessary for constitutional amendments) requires 90 seats. Election winner Igor Matovič is expected to form a center-right coalition of his OĽaNO, SaS and Za ľudí, which would have a majority of 78 seats. Matovič has also announced talks with Sme rodina in order to put the government on a broader basis. Together the four parties could make constitutional amendments, e.g. B. in the areas of justice and law enforcement.
After almost three weeks of negotiations, the four coalition parties ( OĽaNO , SaS , Za ľudí and Sme rodina ) agreed on the government posts on March 18. OĽaNO receives the post of prime minister , as well as seven other ministries, SaS and Sme rodina are each entitled to three ministries and the Za ľudí party receives the remaining two ministries. The new Prime Minister of Slovakia was Igor Matovič , the chairman of the OĽaNO party.
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Slovak parliament toughens pre-election polling rules before February vote , on uk.reuters.com
- ↑ Prezidentka vetuje predĺženie moratória na prieskumy, vidí rozpor s ústavou , on domov.sme.sk
- ↑ Matovič môže zostavovať vládu, má až 15.5 percenta, ukázal posledný prieskum pred moratóriom , on dennikn.sk
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- ↑ FOCUS na objednávku koalície PS / SPOLU , on focus-research.com
- ↑ Prieskum AKO: Matovič je druhý, preskočil Kotlebu, Kisku aj Trubana a má vyše 13 percent , on dennikn.sk
- ↑ Správy RTVS , on facebook
- ↑ Ak by sa voľby konali koncom januára, vyhral by Smer-SD , on teraz.sk
- ↑ Exkluzívny prieskum pre Pravdu: 1. Smer, 2. OĽaNO, 3. ĽSNS , on spravy.pravda.sk
- ↑ Slovensko Focus: Smer a ĽSNS stále v popredí, kiskovci predbehli PS / Spolu , on ta3.com
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- ↑ Prieskum agentúry Polis: Smer vedie, Most-Híd sa vracia do hry , on spravy.pravda.sk
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- ↑ prieskum: Kotlebovci sú druhí, SNS na prahu zvoliteľnosti on actuality.sk
- ↑ Prieskum volebných preferencií do NR SR - NOVEMBER 2019 , on ako.sk
- ↑ Exkluzívny prieskum agentúry Polis pre TV JOJ: Voľby by vyhral Smer-SD , on noviny.sk
- ↑ Prieskum MVK: Sas je prvýkrát pod hranicou zvoliteľnosti , on hnonline.sk
- ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - November 2019 , on focus-research.sk
- ↑ Actly survey November 3, 2019 , on facebook.com
- ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - October 2019 , on focus-research.sk
- ↑ Prieskum AKO: Kiskova strana Za ľudí dobieha PS / Spolu na hranici 12 percent, Smer vedie , on dennikn.sk
- ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - September 2019 , on focus-research.sk
- ↑ Najnovší prieskum AKO pre HN: Kiskova strana preskočila Matoviča aj Kollára, kotlebovci padli , on slovensko.hnonline.sk
- ↑ Smer je podľa prieskumu stále na prvom mieste, KDH na treťom , on spravy.pravda.sk
- ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - jún 2019 II. , On focus-research.sk
- ↑ Exkluzívny prieskum agentúry Polis pre TV JOJ: Voľby by vyhral Smer-SD , on noviny.sk
- ↑ Prieskum: Víťazom volieb by bol Smer, SNS klesli preferencie , on spravy.pravda.sk
- ↑ [ https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1089409/focus-v-parlamente-by-bolo-7-stran-hlinovo-kdh-pred-branami.html Slovensko Focus: V parlamente by bolo 7 strán, Hlinovo KDH pred bránami], on ta3.com
- ↑ [ta3.com/clanok/1083551/prieskum-smer-pri-30-percentach-kotleba-by-mal-19-poslancov.html Prieskum: Smer pri 30 percentách, Kotleba by mal 19 poslancov], on ta3.com
- ↑ Povolebný prieskum: Kotleba pokoril 10 percent, Dankova SNS a sulíkovci narástli najviac , on slovensko.hnonline.sk
- ↑ Prieskum po voľbách: Sieť by prepadla, SaS si polepšila , on dennikn.sk
- ^ Slovakia's anti-corruption opposition party wins parliamentary election. Euronews, March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Slovakia election: seismic shift as public anger ousts dominant Smer-SD party. In: The Guardian , March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Matovič predstavil mená ministrov, vnútro povedie Roman Mikulec In: Sme , March 18, 2020.