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Legislative elections: National Council, 4-year term, 5% threshold (combined lists 10%), party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Ivan Gašparovič · Prime Minister: Robert Fico (SMER-SD) · Government: SMER-SD, SNS, LS-HZDS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Smer - Sociálna Demokracia (SMER-SD)
Direction - Social Democracy
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1999
    29,1% 50
Slovenská Demokratická a Kresťanská Únia (SDKU-DS)
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
Conservatism; Christian democracy, Economic liberalism  EPP, CDI
2000
    18,4% 31
Slovenská Národná Strana (SNS)
Slovak National Party
Nationalism; Radical right
 
AEN
1990
    11,7% 20
Magyar Koalíció Pártja (MKP)
Hungarian Coalition Party
Hungarian minority politics; Christian democracy EPPo, CDIo
1998
    11,7% 20
L'udová Strana - Hnuti za Demockratické Slovensko (LS-HZDS)
People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
National conservatism
 
EDP
1991
    8,8% 15
Kresťanskodemokratické Hnutie (KDH)
Christian Democratic Movement
Christian democracy; Social conservatism EPP, CDIo
1990
    8,3% 14
Komunistická Strana Slovenska (KSS)
Communist Party of Slovakia
Communism; Marxism-Leninism
 
ELa
1992
(orig. 1939)
    3,9% -
Others - -     8,1% -
Total - -     - 150
Turnout - -   54,7%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Statistical Office (http://www.statistics.sk). Archive: Elections 1990-2002.