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 SLOVAKIA

Legislative elections: National Council, 4-year term, 5% threshold (combined lists 10%), party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Ivan Gašparovič · Prime Minister: Iveta Radičová (SDKU-DS) · Government: SDKU-DS, SAS, KDH, MH

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Smer - Sociálna Demokracia (SMER-SD)
Direction - Social Democracy
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1999
34,8% 62 29,1% 50
Slovenská Demokratická a Kresťanská Únia (SDKU-DS)
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
Christian democracy; Liberal conservatism  EPP, CDI
2000
15,4% 28 18,4% 31
Sloboda a Solidarita (SAS)
Freedom and Solidarity
Liberalism
 
ELDR
2009
12,1% 22 - -
Kresťanskodemokratické Hnutie (KDH)
Christian Democratic Movement
Christian democracy; Social conservatism EPP, CDIo
1990
8,5% 15 8,3% 14
Most - Híd (MH)
Bridge
Hungarian minority politics; Liberal conservatism -
2009
8,1% 14 - -
Slovenská Národná Strana (SNS)
Slovak National Party
Nationalism
 
-
1990
(hist. 1871)
5,1% 9 11,7% 20
Magyar Koalíció Pártja (MKP)
Hungarian Coalition Party
Hungarian minority politics; Christian democracy EPP, CDIo
1998
4,3% - 11,7% 20
L'udová Strana - Hnuti za Demockratické Slovensko (LS-HZDS)
People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
National conservatism
 
EDP
1991
4,3% - 8,8% 15
Others - -  7,4%  - 12,0% -
Total - -  - 150 - 150
Turnout 58,8% 54,7%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Pravda (http://www.pravda.sk). Archive: Elections 1990-2002.