Elections in Slovakia
This page gives an overview of the results of elections in Slovakia .
Presidential election
The President of Slovakia has been elected directly by the people since 1999, and the term of office is 5 years. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the first round of voting, the two best placed go to a second round of voting.
1999
The first round of voting took place on May 15, 1999. The turnout was 73.89%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Schuster | 1,396,950 | 47.37% |
| Vladimír Mečiar | 1,097,956 | 37.23% |
| Magdaléna Vášáryová | 194,635 | 6.60% |
| Ivan Mjartan | 105.903 | 3.59% |
| Jan Slota | 73,836 | 2.50% |
| Boris Zala | 29,697 | 1.00% |
| Juraj Švec | 24,077 | 0.81% |
| Juraj Lazarčík | 15,386 | 0.50% |
| Ján Demikát | 4,537 | 0.15% |
| Michal Kováč | 5,425 | 0.18% |
The second round of voting took place on May 29, 1999. The turnout was 75.45%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Schuster | 1,727,481 | 57.18% |
| Vladimír Mečiar | 1,293,642 | 42.81% |
2004
The first round of voting took place on April 3, 2004. The turnout was 47.94.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimír Mečiar | 650.242 | 32.73% |
| Ivan Gašparovič | 442,564 | 22.28% |
| Eduard Kukan | 438.920 | 22.09% |
| Rudolf Schuster | 147,549 | 7.42% |
| František Mikloško | 129,414 | 6.51% |
| Martin Bútora | 129,387 | 6.51% |
| Ján Králik | 15,873 | 0.79% |
| Jozef Kalman | 10,221 | 0.51% |
| Július Kubík | 7,734 | 0.38% |
| Jozef Šesták | 6,785 | 0.34% |
| Stanislav Bernat | 5,719 | 0.28% |
| Ľubomír Roman | 1,806 | 0.09% |
The second round of voting took place on April 17, 2004. The turnout was 43.50%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Gašparovič | 1,079,592 | 59.91% |
| Vladimír Mečiar | 722.368 | 40.08% |
2009
The first round of voting took place on March 21, 2009. The turnout was 43.63%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Gašparovič | 876.061 | 46.71% |
| Iveta Radičová | 713.735 | 38.05% |
| František Mikloško | 101,573 | 5.42% |
| Zuzana Martináková | 96,035 | 5.12% |
| Milan Melník | 45,985 | 2.45% |
| Dagmar Bollová | 21,378 | 1.14% |
| Milan Sidor | 20,862 | 1.11% |
The second round of voting took place on April 4, 2009. The turnout was 51.67%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Gašparovič | 1,234,787 | 55.53% |
| Iveta Radičová | 988,808 | 44.47% |
2014
The first round of voting took place on March 15, 2014. The turnout was 43.4%. There were 14 candidates.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Fico | 531.919 | 28.01% |
| Andrei Kiska | 455.996 | 24.01% |
| Radoslav Procházka | 403,548 | 21.25% |
| Milan Kňažko | 244,401 | 12.87% |
The second round of voting took place on March 29, 2014. The turnout was 50.48%.
| candidate | Valid votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Andrei Kiska | 1,307,065 | 59.38 |
| Robert Fico | 893.841 | 40.61 |
Parliamentary elections
The National Council of the Slovak Republic (until October 1, 1992 Slovak National Council ), the legislative body with 150 members, is elected for 4 years according to the proportional representation procedure. The threshold for parties is 5%. The results of the elections in 1990 and 1992 are presented below, although Slovakia was still part of Czechoslovakia at the time.
1990
The general election took place on June 8th and 9th. It should be noted that the threshold clause in 1990 was 3%. The turnout was 95.39%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verejnosť proti násiliu (Public Against Violence, VPN) | 991.285 | 29.35% | 48 |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 648,782 | 19.21% | 31 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 470,984 | 13.94% | 22nd |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 450,855 | 13.35% | 22nd |
| Spolužitie - Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (ESWMK) | 292,636 | 8.66% | 14th |
| Democratická strana (DS) | 148,567 | 4.40% | 7th |
| Strana zelených (SZ) | 117,871 | 3.49% | 6th |
| Spojenectvo poľnohospodárov a vidieka (SPV) | 85.060 | 2.52% | 0 |
| Sociálna demokracia (SD) | 61,401 | 1.82% | 0 |
| Strana slobody (SSL) | 60,041 | 1.78% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
1992
The parliamentary elections took place on June 5th and 6th, 1992. The turnout was 84.20%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (HZDS) | 1,148,625 | 37.26% | 74 |
| Strana Demokratieickej ľavice (1990) (SDĽ) | 453.203 | 14.70% | 29 |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 273.945 | 8.89% | 18th |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 244,527 | 7.93% | 15th |
| Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, Együttélés-Spolužitie-Wspólnota-Soužití (MKM-EGY) | 228.885 | 7.66% | 14th |
| Občianska democická únia (ODÚ) | 124.503 | 4.04% | 0 |
| Sociálnodemokratická strana na Slovensku (SDSS) | 123.426 | 4.00% | 0 |
| Democratická strana - Občianska Demokratieická strana (DS-ODS) | 102.058 | 3.31% | 0 |
| Slovenské kresťansko-Demokratické hnutie (SKDH) | 94.162 | 3.05% | 0 |
| Magyar Polgári Párt - Maďarská občianska strana (MPP-MOS) | 70,689 | 2.29% | 0 |
| Strana zelených na Slovensku (SZS) | 66.010 | 2.14% | 0 |
| Strana zelených (SZ) | 33,372 | 1.08% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
1994
The early parliamentary elections took place on September 30 and October 1, 1994. The turnout was 75.65%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko - Roľnícka strana Slovenska (HZDS-RSS) | 1,005,488 | 34.96% | 61 |
| Spoločná voľba (SV, coalition) | 299,496 | 10.41% | 18th |
| Maďarská koalícia (MK, coalition) | 292.936 | 10.18% | 17th |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 289,987 | 10.08% | 17th |
| Democratická únia Slovenska (DEÚS) | 246,444 | 8.57% | 15th |
| Združenie robotníkov Slovenska (ZRS) | 211,321 | 7.34% | 13 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 155.359 | 5.40% | 9 |
| Democratická strana (DS) | 98,555 | 3.42% | 0 |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 78,419 | 2.73% | 0 |
| Kresťanská sociálna únia Slovenska (KSÚ) | 59,217 | 2.05% | 0 |
| Nové Slovensko (NS) | 38,369 | 1.33% | 0 |
| Strana proti korupcii - za poriadok, prácu a peniaze pre všetkých slušných občanov | 37,929 | 1.31% | 0 |
| Hnutie za prosperujúce Česko + Slovensko | 30,292 | 1.05% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
1998
The parliamentary elections took place on September 25 and 26, 1998. The turnout was 84.24%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (HZDS) | 907.103 | 27.00% | 43 |
| Slovenská Demokratická koalícia (SDK, coalition) | 884.497 | 26.33% | 42 |
| Strana Demokratieickej ľavice (1990) (SDĽ) | 492.507 | 14.66% | 23 |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 306.623 | 9.12% | 15th |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 304,839 | 9.07% | 14th |
| Strana občianskeho porozumenia (SOP) | 269,343 | 8.01% | 13 |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 94.015 | 2.79% | 0 |
| Združenie robotníkov Slovenska (ZRS) | 43,809 | 1.30% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2002
The parliamentary elections took place on September 20 and 21, 2002. The turnout was 70.07%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (HZDS) | 560.591 | 19.50% | 36 |
| Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ) | 433,953 | 15.09% | 28 |
| SMER | 387.100 | 13.46% | 25th |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 321.069 | 11.12% | 20th |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 237.202 | 8.25% | 15th |
| Aliancia nového občana (ANO) | 230.209 | 8.01% | 15th |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 181,872 | 6.32% | 11 |
| Pravá Slovenská národná strana (PSNS) | 105.084 | 3.65% | 0 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 95,633 | 3.32% | 0 |
| Hnutie za demokraciu (HZP) | 94,324 | 3.28% | 0 |
| Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva (SDA) | 51,649 | 1.79% | 0 |
| Strana Demokratieickej ľavice (SDĽ) | 39.163 | 1.36% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2006
The early parliamentary election took place on June 17, 2006. The turnout was 54.67%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMER - sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD) | 671.185 | 29.14% | 50 |
| Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ) | 422.815 | 18.35% | 31 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 270.230 | 11.73% | 20th |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 269.111 | 11.68% | 20th |
| Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (ĽS-HZDS) | 202,540 | 8.79% | 15th |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 191,443 | 8.31% | 15th |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 89,418 | 3.88% | 0 |
| Slobodné forum (SF) | 79.963 | 3.47% | 0 |
| Aliancia nového občana (ANO) | 32,755 | 1.42% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2010
The general election took place on June 12, 2010. The turnout was 58.83%
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMER - sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD) | 880.111 | 34.79% | 62 |
| Slovenská Demokratická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ-DS) | 390,042 | 15.42% | 28 |
| Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS) | 307.287 | 12.14% | 22nd |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 215,755 | 8.52% | 15th |
| Most – Híd | 205,538 | 8.12% | 14th |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 128,490 | 5.07% | 9 |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 109,638 | 4.33% | 0 |
| Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (ĽS-HZDS) | 109,480 | 4.32% | 0 |
| Strana Demokratieickej ľavice (SDĽ) | 61,137 | 2.41% | 0 |
| Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) | 33,724 | 1.33% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2012
The early parliamentary elections took place on March 10, 2012. The turnout was 59.11%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMER - sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD) | 1,134,280 | 44.41% | 83 |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 225,361 | 8.82% | 16 |
| Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽaNO) | 218,537 | 8.55% | 16 |
| Most – Híd | 176.088 | 6.89% | 13 |
| Slovenská Demokratická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ-DS) | 155,744 | 6.09% | 11 |
| Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS) | 150.266 | 5.88% | 11 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 116,420 | 4.55% | 0 |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 109,483 | 4.28% | 0 |
| 99% - občiansky hlas (99%) | 40,488 | 1.58% | 0 |
| Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) | 40,460 | 1.58% | 0 |
| Zmena zdola, Demokratická únia Slovenska (ZZ, DÚS) | 33,155 | 1.29% | 0 |
| Strana Slobodné Slovo - Nory Mojsejovej (SSS-NM) | 31,159 | 1.22% | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2016
The parliamentary election took place on March 5, 2016. The turnout was 59.82%.
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direction - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) | 737.481 | 28.28 | 49 |
| Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) | 315,558 | 12.10 | 21st |
| Ordinary People and Independent People (OĽaNO) | 287,611 | 11.02 | 19th |
| Slovak National Party (SNS) | 225,386 | 8.64 | 15th |
| Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) | 209.779 | 8.04 | 14th |
| We are a family - Boris Kollár (SR) | 172.860 | 6.62 | 11 |
| Bridge (Most-Híd) | 169,593 | 6.50 | 11 |
| #Network (# youť ) | 146.205 | 5.60 | 10 |
| Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) | 128.908 | 4.94 | 0 |
| Hungarian Community Party (SMK-MKP) | 105,495 | 4.04 | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2020
The parliamentary election took place on February 29, 2020. The turnout was xx%.
(Preliminary figures, participating parties not yet updated)
| Political party | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary People and Independent People (OĽaNO) | (25) | ||
| Direction - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) | (18.4) | ||
| Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) | |||
| Slovak National Party (SNS) | (<5) | ||
| Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) | |||
| We are a family - Boris Kollár (SR) | |||
| Bridge (Most-Híd) | (<5) | ||
| #Network (# youť ) | |||
| Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) | |||
| Hungarian Community Party (SMK-MKP) | |||
European elections
Slovakia has taken part in elections to the European Parliament since joining the European Union on May 1, 2004, for the first time in the same year. In 2004 14 and from 2009 13 MPs were elected.
2004
The European elections took place on June 13, 2004. The turnout was 16.97%.
| Party or coalition | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ) | 119,954 | 17.09 | 3 |
| Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (ĽS-HZDS) | 119,582 | 17.04 | 3 |
| SMER - sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD) | 118,535 | 16.89 | 3 |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 113,655 | 16.19 | 3 |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 92,927 | 13.24 | 2 |
| Aliancia nového občana (ANO) | 32,653 | 4.65 | 0 |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 31,908 | 4.54 | 0 |
| Slobodné forum (SF) | 22,804 | 3.25 | 0 |
| Coalition Slovenská národná strana , Pravá Slovenská národná strana | 14,150 | 2.01 | 0 |
| Coalition Hnutie za demokraciu , Ľudová únia | 11,914 | 1.69 | 0 |
| Občianska konzervatívna strana | 7,060 | 1.00 | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2009
The European elections took place on June 6, 2009. The turnout was 19.64%.
| Party or coalition | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMER - sociálna demokracia | 264,722 | 32.01 | 5 |
| Slovenská Demokratická a kresťanská únia | 140.426 | 16.98 | 2 |
| Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja | 93,750 | 11.33 | 2 |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie | 89.905 | 10.87 | 2 |
| Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko | 74,241 | 8.97 | 1 |
| Slovenská národná strana | 45,960 | 5.55 | 1 |
| Sloboda a Solidarita | 39,016 | 4.71 | 0 |
| Strana zelených | 17,482 | 2.11 | 0 |
| Konzervatívni Demokratiei Slovenska - Občianska konzervatívna strana | 17,409 | 2.10 | 0 |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska | 13,643 | 1.65 | 0 |
| Slobodné forum | 13,063 | 1.57 | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
2014
The European elections took place on May 24, 2014. The turnout was 13.05%.
| Party (coalition) | be right | percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMER - sociálna demokracia | 135.089 | 24.09 | 4th |
| Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH) | 74,108 | 13.21 | 2 |
| Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana (SDKU-DS) | 43,467 | 7.75 | 2 |
| Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽaNO) | 41,829 | 7.46 | 1 |
| NOVA / Občianska konzervatívna strana / Konzervatívni Demokratiei Slovenska | 38,316 | 6.83 | 1 |
| Sloboda a Solidarita (SaS) | 37,376 | 6.66 | 1 |
| Magyar Közösség Pártja (SMK-MKP) | 36,629 | 6.53 | 1 |
| Most – Híd | 32,708 | 5.83 | 1 |
| Strana TIP | 20,730 | 3.69 | 0 |
| Slovenská národná strana (SNS) | 20,244 | 3.61 | 0 |
| Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS) | 9,749 | 1.73 | 0 |
| Law and Justice (PaS) | 9,322 | 1.66 | 0 |
| Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS) | 8,518 | 1.51 | 0 |
| Strana Demokratického Slovenska (SDS) | 8,378 | 1.49 | 0 |
| Národ a Spravodlivosť - naša strana (NaS-ns) | 7,763 | 1.38 | 0 |
| Magnificat Slovakia (MS) | 6,646 | 1.18 | 0 |
| All other parties received less than 1% of the vote | |||
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Get rid of the mafia": Opposition triumphs in Slovakia orf.at, March 1, 2020.
