National Council election in Slovakia 2012

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Result (in%)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
44.4
8.8
8.6
6.9
6.1
5.9
4.6
4.3
10.4
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2010
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
+9.6
+0.3
+8.6
-1.2
-9.3
-6.2
-0.5
± 0.0
-1.3
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats
      
A total of 150 seats

The early parliamentary elections in Slovakia in 2012 for the National Council took place on March 10, 2012. It was the sixth National Council election since Slovakia's independence in 1993. A total of 2967 candidates from 26 political parties applied.

prehistory

Iveta Radičová, Acting Prime Minister

In October 2011, the center-right government under Prime Minister Iveta Radičová failed due to a vote of confidence in the National Council. Differences of opinion in the four-party coalition over the planned expansion of the euro bailout fund led Radičová to link the vote on the euro bailout fund in the National Council to the vote of confidence . The vote failed after the government fraction of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) with the opposition voted against.

The government and opposition (with the exception of the SaS cabinet members) agreed that Radičová's government would remain in office until early elections. For this, however, a constitutional amendment was necessary, since, according to the constitution at the time, Radičová should not have remained in office after a vote of confidence was lost.

In the run-up to the National Council election, the so-called “ gorilla affair ” ( Kauza Gorila in Slovak ), a corruption scandal, was discovered. The subject is the connection of Slovak politicians with the private capital group Penta Investments as well as alleged bribery of government members in the millions on the occasion of the privatizations and large public awards under the second Mikuláš Dzurindas government in 2005/06. The trigger was an alleged eavesdropping protocol by the Slovak secret service that has been circulating on the Internet since late December 2011 and is code-named "Gorila".

Electoral system

The National Council is elected according to proportional representation. There is a threshold clause of 5 percent for individual parties, 7 percent for a coalition of two to three parties and 10 percent for four or more parties. The legislative period is four years.

Parties

The following parties ran for election (number of candidates in brackets):

  1. Zelení (Greens, 15)
  2. Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (Christian Democrats, 150)
  3. Strana Demokratieickej ľavice (Party of the Democratic Left, 150)
  4. Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party, nationalist 150)
  5. Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (Ordinary people and independent people, conservative 150)
  6. Sloboda a Solidarita (freedom and solidarity, liberal, 150)
  7. Právo a Spravodlivosť (Law and Justice, 150)
  8. Náš kraj (Our Country, 123)
  9. Strana zelených (Green Party, 100)
  10. Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (right-wing extremist, 70)
  11. SMER - sociálna demokracia (Social Democrats, 150)
  12. Zmena zdola, Demokratická únia Slovenska (Change from Below, Democratic Union of Slovakia, 53)
  13. Národ a Spravodlivosť - naša strana (Nation and Justice, nationalist 150)
  14. Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party, 150)
  15. Strana Rómskej únie na Slovensku (Party of the Roma Union in Slovakia, 32)
  16. Most – Híd (bridge, Hungarian minority, 150)
  17. 99% - občiansky hlas (99% - citizen vote, 111)
  18. Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (People's Party, national conservative, 150)
  19. Strana +1 Hlas (party + 1 vote, 20)
  20. Robíme to pre deti - SF (We do it for the children - Free Forum, 133)
  21. Obyčajní ľudia (Common People, 34)
  22. Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana (liberal-conservative / Christian-democratic, 150)
  23. Strana občanov Slovenska (Party of the Citizens of Slovakia, 148)
  24. Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition, 150)
  25. Strana Slobodné Slovo - Nory Mojsejovej (Free Word Party by Nora Mojsejová, 150)
  26. Strana živnostníkov Slovenska (Party of Businesspeople of Slovakia, 28)

Survey

Institute date Smer-SD SDKÚ-DS SaS KDH MH SNS SMK-MKP ĽS-HZDS OĽaNO 99% Others
Wake up 03/09/2012 38.5% 7.1% 6.4% 11.2% 5.4% 4.2% 4.5% - 5.8% 3.2% 13.7%
Agentúra MVK 03/08/2012 40.0% 6.0% 6.0% 12.0% 7.0% 4.5% 5.5% 1.5% 5.5% 4.0% 8.0%
FOCUS 03/06/2012 39.7% 5.1% 5.1% 10.4% 7.0% 4.7% 3.9% 1.3% 6.7% 5.2% 10.9%
Polis 02/15/2012 40.8% 5.1% 6.6% 9.8% 8.4% 4.6% 3.9% 3.4% 5.0% 3.3% 9.1%
Agentúra MVK 02/17/2012 40.6% 4.3% 6.1% 12.0% 5.9% 3.6% 4.7% - 7.0% 3.4% 12.4%
FOCUS 02/14/2012 37.3% 6.1% 5.9% 10.3% 6.0% 4.2% 2.4% 1.8% 8.9% 6.9% 10.2%
Polis 02/01/2012 41.5% 7.7% 6.3% 11.0% 7.7% - - - 7.2% - 18.6%
Agentúra MVK 01/17/2012 40.1% 9.3% 7.1% 9.6% 7.7% - - - 6.3% - 9.9%
FOCUS 01/24/2012 41.8% 8.3% 6.4% 9.3% 6.4% 4.8% 3.4% 1.5% 5.2% 4.6% 8.3%
Polis 01/09/2012 40.2% 9.6% 8.3% 8.7% 8.1% 5.7% 3.6% 3.6% 4.1% 2.3% 5.8%
FOCUS December 16, 2011 43.9% 10.2% 5.6% 10.0% 8.3% 5.6% 2.8% 2.1% 5.8% - 5.7%
FOCUS 11/15/2011 45.2% 11.3% 7.5% 9.9% 7.0% 5.4% 3.6% 2.5% 2.9% - 4.7%
Agentúra MVK 11/02/2011 37.5% 11.6% 10.9% 9.5% 8.2% 3.8% 3.2% 3.6% 3.9% - 7.8%
Older polls
Institute date Smer-SD SDKÚ-DS SaS KDH MH SNS SMK-MKP ĽS-HZDS Others
FOCUS 09/29/2011 43.1% 12.8% 8.0% 9.0% 5.9% 8.5% 5.3% 3.0% 4.4%
FOCUS 07/27/2011 41.7% 12.6% 6.1% 11.7% 6.9% 5.8% 5.8% 3.3% 6.1%
FOCUS 06/29/2011 46.3% 13.4% 6.7% 10.0% 7.1% 5.3% 5.7% 2.7% 2.8%
FOCUS 05/31/2011 47.1% 12.2% 5.2% 9.5% 6.1% 8.1% 4.7% 3.4% 3.7%
FOCUS 03/29/2011 44.8% 16.5% 7.1% 6.3% 7.9% 6.2% 4.3% 2.4% 4.5%
FOCUS 02/15/2011 43.2% 15.2% 9.1% 10.2% 6.0% 5.4% 4.6% 2.2% 4.1%
FOCUS December 20, 2010 40.4% 15.3% 9.5% 8.7% 7.0% 5.5% 5.0% 3.8% 4.8%
FOCUS 10/21/2010 40.0% 18.0% 8.5% 7.4% 6.8% 7.8% 4.6% 3.7% 3.2%
FOCUS 09/27/2010 39.7% 16.0% 8.3% 10.8% 7.3% 6.1% 3.3% 3.0% 5.5%
National Council election 07/12/2010 34.8% 15.4% 12.1% 8.5% 8.1% 5.1% 4.3% 4.3% - - 7.4%

Election result

Election results by district
Robert Fico, the winner of the election

The social democratic opposition clearly won the early National Council election and will replace the previously ruling center-right coalition. With 44.4 percent of the vote, the party of the former Prime Minister Robert Fico Smer-SD achieved an absolute majority of the seats in the National Council (83 members). The share of the vote was sufficient for an absolute majority of the mandate because numerous small parties failed because of the five percent threshold. A three-fifths majority, which would be necessary for constitutional changes in Slovakia, was not achieved. Of the previously ruling parties, only the Christian Democrats, who came in second by more than 35 percentage points to the Smer-SD (16 seats), did not suffer any losses. The first party Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽaNO), which had split off from the SaS, also takes third place with 16 members.

The Hungarian-Slovakian Most-Híd party came fourth with 13 MPs. On the other hand, the party of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, shaken by the “gorilla affair”, suffered heavy losses: the SDKÚ-DS only received 6.1% of the votes, which means 11 seats in the National Council. The right-wing liberal SaS moved in as the smallest party, with 5.9% of the vote and also 11 MPs.

The Slovak National Party (SNS), directed by Ján Slota, had to leave the National Council with only 4.6% of the votes, while the Hungarian party SMK-MKP again failed to enter the National Council. The start-up 99% - občiansky hlas could not overcome the five percent hurdle despite a strong campaign.

Result of the National Council election in Slovakia in 2012
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/- %
Direction - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) 1,134,280 44.41 +9.62 83 +21 55.33
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) 225,361 8.82 +0.30 16 +1 10.67
Ordinary People and Independent People (OĽaNO) 218,537 8.55 New 16 New 10.67
Bridge, Party of Cooperation (MH) 176.088 6.89 −1.23 13 −1 8.67
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS) 155,744 6.09 −9.33 11 −17 7.33
Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) 150.266 5.88 −6.26 11 −11 7.33
Slovak National Party (SNS) 116,420 4.55 −0.62 - −9 -
Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK-MKP) 109,483 4.28 −0.05 - - -
99 percent - citizen vote (99%) 40,488 1.58 New - New -
People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) 40,460 1.58 +0.25 - - -
Change from below, Democratic Union of Slovakia (ZZ, DÚS) 33,155 1.29 New - New -
Free Word Party by Nora Mojsejová (SSS-NM) 31,159 1.22 +1.22 - - -
People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS) 23,772 0.93 −3.39 - - -
Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) 18,583 0.72 −0.11 - - -
Nation and Justice - Our Party (NaS-ns) 16,234 0.63 New - New -
Party of the Greens (SZ) 10,832 0.42 +0.42 - - -
Law and Justice (PaS) 10,604 0.41 New - New -
We do it for the children - Free Forum (SF) 8,908 0.34 New - New -
Green 7,860 0.30 New - New -
Our country 4,859 0.19 New - New -
Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) 4,844 0.18 −2.23 - - -
Ordinary people 4,320 0.16 New - New -
Business Party of Slovakia (SŽS) 3,963 0.15 New - New -
Party of the Citizens of Slovakia (SOSKA) 3,836 0.15 New - New -
Roma Union Party in Slovakia (SRÚS) 2,891 0.11 New - New -
Party +1 vote 779 0.03 New - New -
total 2,553,726 100.00 150 100.00
Valid votes 2,553,726 98.43 −0.20
Invalid votes 42,717 1.57 +0.20
voter turnout 2,596,443 59.11 +0.28
Non-voters 1,796,008 40.89 −0.28
Eligible voters 4,392,451
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official result of the 2012 National Council election, Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Slovak, English)
  2. ↑ a b New elections on March 10, 2012 derStandard.at , October 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Zoznam kandidujúcich politických strán a hnutí ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, accessed March 7, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / app.statistics.sk
  4. ↑ Expansion of the EFSF rescue package fails in Slovakia FOCUS ONLINE , October 11, 2011
  5. ↑ Prime Minister remains in office at handelszeitung.ch for the time being , October 21, 2011
  6. ^ Scandal in Slovakia: The multi-million euro gorilla , The Economist, accessed January 28, 2012 and How to dispose of a scandal, Die Presse, accessed January 28, 2012
  7. ↑ Smer by zostavil vládu sám, pod čiarou je SMK aj SNS Webnoviny.sk , March 9, 2012 (Slovak)
  8. ↑ SMK mieri do parlamentu, SDKÚ a SaS sú na hrane Webnoviny.sk , March 8, 2012 (Slovak)
  9. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - február 2012 (II.) FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  10. ↑ SDKÚ-DS je na hranici zvoliteľnosti, ukázal prieskum Polis Webnoviny.sk , February 15, 2012 (Slovak)
  11. ↑ Prieskum MVK poslal SDKÚ mimo parlamentu, Smer by vládol sám Webnoviny.sk , February 17, 2012 (Slovak)
  12. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - February 2012 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  13. ↑ Matovičovci skončili v prieskume pred SaS Webnoviny.sk , February 1, 2012 (Slovak)
  14. ↑ KDH podľa prieskumu predbehlo SDKÚ, SNS mimo parlamentu Webnoviny.sk , January 17, 2012 (Slovak)
  15. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - September 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  16. ↑ Matovičovci by sa podľa prieskumu do parlamentu nedostali Webnoviny.sk , January 9, 2012 (Slovak)
  17. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - december 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  18. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - November 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  19. ↑ Štvorkoalícia pravicových strán by opäť mala väčšinu Webnoviny.sk , November 2, 2011 (Slovak)
  20. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - September 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  21. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - júl 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  22. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - jún 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  23. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - máj 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  24. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - marec 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  25. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - february 2011 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  26. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - december 2010 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  27. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - October 2010 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  28. ↑ Volebné preferencie politických strán - September 2010 FOCUS Research , PDF file (Slovak)
  29. ↑ Social democrats win election in Slovakia Welt Online, March 11, 2012
  30. ↑ Slovak Constitution (English text) ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Art. 84 para. 4, accessed on March 11, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slovak-republic.org
  31. ↑ Slovakia: landslide victory for ex-Prime Minister Fico Die Presse, March 11, 2012
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