2020 Slovak parliamentary election
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Results of the election, showing vote strength by district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held in
The
As no party or electoral coalition won a majority of seats, a coalition government was needed.[1][2][3][4] On 13 March, Matovič announced he had reached an agreement for a governing coalition with We Are Family (SR), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and For the People (ZĽ), though they had not agreed upon a common governing program. On 21 March, President Zuzana Čaputová appointed Matovič's Cabinet.
Background
SMER–SD won a plurality of seats in the 2016 election and formed a coalition government with national-conservative Slovak National Party, inter-ethnic Most–Híd, and liberal-conservative #Network. Incumbent Prime Minister Robert Fico remained in office.[5]
The election term was characterized by a number of corruption scandals, growing political and societal tensions and an increase in the popularity of
The opposition's candidate
Electoral system
The 150 members of the
All participating parties must had register 90 days before election day and paid a deposit of €17,000, which would be refunded to all parties having gained at least 3% of the votes. All citizens of the Slovak Republic were allowed to vote except for convicted felons in prison (only those who were convicted for serious offences), people declared ineligible to perform legal acts by court, and citizens under 18 years of age. All citizens, who were 21 years of age or older on the election day and are permanent residents of Slovakia, were allowed to run as candidates except for prisoners, convicted felons, and those declared ineligible to perform legal acts by court.[7]
Voters not present in their electoral district at the time of the elections were allowed to request a voting certificate (voličský preukaz), which allowed them to vote in any district regardless of their residency.[8] Voters abroad on election day were allowed to request a postal vote.[9] According to the Central Election Committee, approximately 20,000 citizens of the Slovak Republic living abroad had requested a postal vote for the election. The deadline for requests passed on 10 January 2020.
Political parties
The table below lists groups elected in the 2016 election, groups re-elected in the 2020 election and new group (ZĽ) elected in the 2020 election.
List | Parties | Leader | Ideology | Previous election | Seats before election |
Status | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
SMER–SD
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Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD) | Peter Pellegrini[a] |
Left-wing nationalism |
28.28 | 49 / 150
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48 / 150
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Government | ||
SaS | Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Civic Conservative Party (OKS) |
Richard Sulík |
Conservative liberalism |
12.10 | 21 / 150
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11 / 150
|
Opposition | ||
OĽaNO
|
Change from Bottom (ZZ)
|
Igor Matovič |
Liberal conservatism |
11.03 | 19 / 150
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10 / 150
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Opposition | ||
SNS | Slovak National Party (SNS) | Andrej Danko |
National conservatism |
8.64 | 15 / 150
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16 / 150
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Government | ||
ĽSNS | People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) Christian Democracy – Life and Prosperity (KDŽP) National Coalition (NK) Direct Democracy (PD) Fine at Home (DD) |
Marian Kotleba |
Neo- Nazism |
8.04 | 14 / 150
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10 / 150
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Opposition | ||
SR | We Are Family (SR) | Boris Kollár |
Right-wing populism |
6.63 | 11 / 150
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9 / 150
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Opposition | ||
MH | Most–Híd (MH) | Árpád Érsek[b] |
Hungarian minority interests |
6.50 | 11 / 150
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10 / 150
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Government | ||
#SIEŤ | #Network (#SIEŤ) | Ivan Zuzula |
Liberal conservatism |
5.61 | 10 / 150
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0 / 150
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[c] | Government (2016) | |
Opposition (2016–2020) |
Opinion polls
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Results
The ruling coalition comprising
This election was also the first since
Homeland 84,507 | 2.93 | New | 0 | New | | ||||||
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Bridge | 59,174 | 2.05 | –4.45 | 0 | –11 | ||||||
Socialists.sk | 15,925 | 0.55 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
We Have Had Enough! | 9,260 | 0.32 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Andrej Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 8,191 | 0.28 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Democratic Party | 4,194 | 0.15 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Solidarity – Working Poor Movement | 3,296 | 0.11 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Mayors and Independents | 2,018 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Slovak Revival Movement | 1,966 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Voice of the Right | 1,887 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Labour of the Slovak Nation | 1,261 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
99% – Civic Voice | 991 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Slovak League | 809 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Total | 2,881,511 | 100.00 | – | 150 | 0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 2,881,511 | 98.88 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 32,698 | 1.12 | |||||||||
Total votes | 2,914,209 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,432,419 | 65.75 | |||||||||
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
Results by region
Region | OĽaNO–NOVA–KÚ–ZZ
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Smer | We Are Family | ĽSNS | Together
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SaS | For the People | KDH | MKÖ/MKS
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SNS | Good Choice
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Homeland
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Bridge
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Other parties |
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Bratislava Region | 26.32 | 12.04 | 6.42 | 4.62 | 14.24 | 12.26 | 9.18 | 4.22 | 0.86 | 1.96 | 3.00 | 2.53 | 1.02 | 1.33 |
Trnava Region | 28.08 | 14.58 | 7.37 | 6.59 | 5.98 | 5.35 | 4.67 | 3.08 | 11.44 | 2.19 | 2.13 | 2.20 | 4.83 | 1.51 |
Trenčín Region | 23.97 | 23.44 | 9.82 | 9.23 | 6.57 | 5.64 | 4.55 | 3.85 | 0.02 | 3.95 | 3.34 | 3.52 | 0.19 | 1.91 |
Nitra Region | 23.03 | 17.76 | 8.28 | 7.36 | 5.16 | 4.95 | 4.32 | 2.73 | 12.31 | 2.99 | 2.79 | 2.29 | 4.45 | 1.58 |
Žilina Region | 24.94 | 20.58 | 8.52 | 9.71 | 6.02 | 5.59 | 4.72 | 6.60 | 0.03 | 4.73 | 3.23 | 3.51 | 0.16 | 1.66 |
Banská Bystrica Region | 21.68 | 20.41 | 9.25 | 10.62 | 6.27 | 5.47 | 4.85 | 3.03 | 4.11 | 3.10 | 3.24 | 2.66 | 3.24 | 2.07 |
Prešov Region | 25.63 | 20.99 | 8.39 | 8.50 | 4.37 | 4.08 | 6.15 | 8.37 | 0.04 | 3.69 | 3.54 | 3.51 | 0.70 | 2.04 |
Košice Region | 26.28 | 17.54 | 8.36 | 7.76 | 5.46 | 5.19 | 6.51 | 4.41 | 4.66 | 2.65 | 3.07 | 3.09 | 2.72 | 2.30 |
Foreign | 14.11 | 2.37 | 1.46 | 4.52 | 33.30 | 8.75 | 27.11 | 2.82 | 0.81 | 0.36 | 0.67 | 2.03 | 0.36 | 1.33 |
Total | 25.03 | 18.29 | 8.24 | 7.97 | 6.96 | 6.22 | 5.77 | 4.65 | 3.90 | 3.16 | 3.06 | 2.93 | 2.05 | 1.73 |
Distribution of seats for individual parties
Club | Parties | Seats | +/– | ||
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OĽaNO | Ordinary People and Independent Personalities
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45 | +29 | ||
Christian Union | 5 | +5 | |||
NOVA | 2 | 0 | |||
Change from Below | 1 | 0 | |||
Smer | Direction – Social Democracy | 38 | –11 | ||
We Are Family | We Are Family | 17 | +6 | ||
ĽSNS | Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia | 14 | 0 | ||
Christian Democracy Life and Prosperity – Alliance for Slovakia | 3 | +3 | |||
SaS | Freedom and Solidarity | 11 | –9 | ||
Civic Conservative Party | 2 | +1 | |||
For the People | For the People | 12 | +12 |
Government formation
On 4 March, Matovič was tasked by the President of the Slovak Republic, Zuzana Čaputová, to form a new government.[11] On 13 March, Matovič announced he had reached an agreement for a governing coalition with We Are Family, Freedom and Solidarity, and For the People, though they had not agreed upon a common governing program. He has not disclosed his picks for the new cabinet but said that his movement would retain the finance ministry and Richard Sulík, the leader of Freedom and Solidarity, would be the Ministry of Economy.[12]
See also
Notes
- ^ Peter Pellegrini served as electoral leader at the top of the party list and Robert Fico served as party chairman.
- ^ Árpád Érsek served as electoral leader at the top of the party list and Béla Bugár served as party chairman.
- ^ In September 2016, #SIEŤ's parliamentary group ceased to exist and its MPs served as non-affiliated. In May 2017, the last party's MP left the party and it lost its parliamentary representation.
- ^ Including KDŽP, NK, PD and Good at Home members integrated within the ĽSNS party list
- ^ Including OKS members integrated within the SaS party list
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- ^ "Prieskum: Voľby by vyhral Smer, OĽaNO-NOVA mimo parlamentu". Pravda (in Slovak). 9 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Hlasovací preukaz, Ministerstvo vnútra SR - Verejná správa" (in Slovak). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Voľba poštou, Ministerstvo vnútra SR - Verejná správa" (in Slovak). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Francelová, Nina Hrabovská (12 March 2020). "PS/Spolu has submitted an election complaint. What are the odds the results might change?". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Slovak President Asks Corruption Fighter to Form New Government". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Slovak election winner secures four-party coalition with cabinet deal". Reuters. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.