2002 Slovak parliamentary election
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All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 2,913,267 (70.07%) 14.18 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results of the election, showing plurality by district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
Party | Abbr. | Founded | Ideology | Leader |
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Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko |
HZDS | 1991 | National conservatism, Slovak nationalism, Populism |
Vladimír Mečiar |
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia |
SDKÚ | 2000 | Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy, Pro-Europeanism |
Mikuláš Dzurinda |
Direction Smer |
Smer | 1999 | Third Way, Populism, Soft Euroscepticism |
Robert Fico |
Party of the Hungarian Coalition Strana maďarskej koalície |
SMK | 1998 | Hungarian minority interests, Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism |
Béla Bugár |
Christian Democratic Movement Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie |
KDH | 1990 | Christian democracy, Conservatism, Pro-Europeanism |
Pavol Hrušovský |
Alliance of the New Citizen Aliancia nového občana |
ANO | 2001 | Libertarianism, Populism, Pro-Europeanism |
Pavol Rusko |
Communist Party of Slovakia Komunistická strana Slovenska |
KSS | 1992 | Democratic socialism, Communism, Marxism-Leninism |
Results[]
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 560,691 | 19.50 | –7.50 | 36 | –7 | |
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union | 433,953 | 15.09 | New | 28 | New | |
Direction | 387,100 | 13.46 | New | 25 | New | |
Party of the Hungarian Coalition | 321,069 | 11.17 | +2.04 | 20 | +5 | |
Christian Democratic Movement | 237,202 | 8.25 | – | 15 | – | |
Alliance of the New Citizen | 230,309 | 8.01 | New | 15 | New | |
Communist Party of Slovakia | 181,872 | 6.33 | +3.53 | 11 | +11 | |
True Slovak National Party | 105,084 | 3.65 | New | 0 | New | |
Slovak National Party | 95,633 | 3.33 | –5.75 | 0 | –14 | |
Movement for Democracy | 94,324 | 3.28 | New | 0 | New | |
Social Democratic Alternative | 51,649 | 1.80 | New | 0 | New | |
Party of the Democratic Left | 39,163 | 1.36 | –13.30 | 0 | –23 | |
Green Party | 28,365 | 0.99 | New | 0 | New | |
Independent Civic Party of the Unemployed and Injured | 26,205 | 0.91 | New | 0 | New | |
Union of the Workers of Slovakia | 15,755 | 0.55 | –0.76 | 0 | 0 | |
Woman and Family | 12,646 | 0.44 | New | 0 | New | |
Civic Conservative Party | 9,422 | 0.33 | New | 0 | New | |
Workers' Party–ROSA | 8,699 | 0.30 | New | 0 | New | |
Roma Civic Initiative | 8,420 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | |
Party for Democratic Civic Rights | 6,716 | 0.23 | New | 0 | New | |
Left Bloc | 6,441 | 0.22 | New | 0 | New | |
Political Movement of Roma in Slovakia–ROMA | 6,234 | 0.22 | New | 0 | New | |
Slovak National Unity | 4,548 | 0.16 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
B–Revolutionary Workers' Party | 2,818 | 0.10 | –0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Party | 763 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 2,875,081 | 100.00 | – | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,875,081 | 98.69 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 38,186 | 1.31 | ||||
Total votes | 2,913,267 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,157,802 | 70.07 | ||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
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