2002 Slovak parliamentary election

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2002 Slovak parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.07% (Decrease 14.18 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Robert Fico
Party ĽS–HZDS SDKÚ SMER
Last election 43 seats, 27.0% New party New party
Seats won 36 28 25
Seat change Decrease 7 New party New party
Popular vote 560,691 433,953 387,100
Percentage 19.5% 15.1% 13.5%
Swing Decrease 7.5 pp New party New party
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Béla Bugár Pavol Hrušovský Pavol Rusko
Party SMK KDH ANO
Last election 15 seats, 9.1% In SDK New party
Seats won 20 15 15
Seat change Increase 5 N/A New party
Popular vote 321,069 237,202 237,202
Percentage 11.2% 8.3% 8.0%
Swing Increase 2.0 pp N/A New party
  Seventh party
 
Leader Jozef Ševc
Party KSS
Last election 0 seats, 2.8%
Seats won 11
Seat change Increase 11
Popular vote 181,872
Percentage 6.3%
Swing Increase 3.5 pp
Results of the election, showing plurality by district.
Prime Minister before election

Mikuláš Dzurinda
SDKÚ

Elected Prime Minister

Mikuláš Dzurinda
SDKÚ

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002.[1] The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats.[2] Mikuláš Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union remained Prime Minister, in coalition with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement, and Alliance of the New Citizen parties.[3]

Participating parties[edit]

Party Ideology Political position Leader
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS–HZDS) Slovak nationalism
Populism 		Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 		Centre-right Mikuláš Dzurinda
Direction (Smer) Social democracy
Democratic socialism 		Centre-left Robert Fico
Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK) Hungarian minority interests
Christian democracy 		Centre-right Béla Bugár
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracy
Economic liberalism 		Centre-right Pavol Hrušovský
Alliance of the New Citizen (ANO) Liberalism
Populism 		Centre-right Pavol Rusko
Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) Communism
Marxism–Leninism 		Far-left Jozef Ševc

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia560,69119.50–7.5036–7
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union433,95315.09New28New
Direction387,10013.46New25New
Party of the Hungarian Coalition321,06911.17+2.0420+5
Christian Democratic Movement237,2028.25–15–
Alliance of the New Citizen230,3098.01New15New
Communist Party of Slovakia181,8726.33+3.5311+11
True Slovak National Party105,0843.65New0New
Slovak National Party95,6333.33–5.750–14
Movement for Democracy94,3243.28New0New
Social Democratic Alternative51,6491.80New0New
Party of the Democratic Left39,1631.36–13.300–23
Green Party28,3650.99New0New
Independent Civic Party of the Unemployed and Injured26,2050.91New0New
Union of the Workers of Slovakia15,7550.55–0.7600
Woman and Family12,6460.44New0New
Civic Conservative Party9,4220.33New0New
Workers' Party–ROSA8,6990.30New0New
Roma Civic Initiative8,4200.29New0New
Party for Democratic Civic Rights6,7160.23New0New
Left Bloc6,4410.22New0New
Political Movement of Roma in Slovakia–ROMA6,2340.22New0New
Slovak National Unity4,5480.16+0.0200
B–Revolutionary Workers' Party2,8180.10–0.0300
People's Party7630.03New0New
Total2,875,081100.00–1500
Valid votes2,875,08198.69
Invalid/blank votes38,1861.31
Total votes2,913,267100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,157,80270.07
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1754
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1757

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