List of political parties in Slovakia
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This article lists political parties in Slovakia. Slovakia has a democratic multi-party system with numerous political parties, established after the fall of communism in 1989 and shaped into the present form with Slovakia's independence in 1993. Since 1989 there has been altogether 236 registered political parties in the country, 61 are active as of March 2012.[1]
In the Slovak political system usually no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments, an exception being the parliamentary elections in 2012.
Active political parties[]
Parliamentary parties[]
As of February 14, 2022.
Logo | Name | Abbr. | Est. | Ideology | Leader | MPs | MEPs | Membership | |
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Ordinary People and Independent Personalities, Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti, New Majority,[2] Nová väčšina, Christian Union, Kresťanská Únia, Change from the Bottom, Zmena zdola |
OĽaNO–NOVA–ZMENA ZDOLA–KÚ | 2011 | Centre-right; Christian democracy, Social conservatism, Pro-Europeanism |
Igor Matovič (OĽaNO), (NOVA), Ján Budaj (ZMENA ZDOLA), Anna Záborská (KÚ) |
43, 2, 1, 5 |
1, 0, 0, 0 |
45 (2020) 582 (2020) 32 (2020) 50 (2020)[3] | ||
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Direction – Social Democracy, Smer – sociálna demokracia |
SMER–SD | 1999 | Centre-left; Social democracy, Social patriotism, Left-wing nationalism |
Robert Fico | 26 | 3 | 13,284 (2020)[3] | |
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Freedom and Solidarity, Sloboda a Solidarita |
SaS | 2009 | Centre-right; Liberalism, Pro-Europeanism, Classical liberalism |
Richard Sulík | 19 | 1 | 229 (2020)[3] | |
We Are Family – Boris Kollár, SME RODINA – Boris Kollár |
Sme rodina | 2015 | Right-wing; Social conservatism, Euroscepticism |
Boris Kollár | 17 | 0 | 696 (2020)[3] | ||
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Voice – Social Democracy, HLAS – sociálna demokracia |
HLAS-SD | 2020 | Centre-left; Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism |
Peter Pellegrini | 11 | 0 | 74 (2020)[3] | |
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People's Party – Our Slovakia, Ľudová strana – Naše Slovensko |
ĽSNS | 2010 | Far-right; Neo-fascism, Social conservatism, Hard Euroscepticism |
Marian Kotleba | 9 | 0 | 1,272 (2020)[3] | |
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Movement Republic, Hnutie Republika |
REPUBLIKA | 2002 | Right-wing; Slovak nationalism, Social conservatism, Right-wing populism |
Milan Uhrík | 5 | 1 | 29 (2020)[3] | |
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For the People, ZA ĽUDÍ |
ZA ĽUDÍ | 2019 | Centre to Centre-right; Catch-all, Big tent, Liberalism |
Veronika Remišová | 4 | 0 | 672 (2020)[3] | |
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Život – National Party, Život – Národná strana |
KDŽP | 2019 | Right-wing; Christian right, Social conservatism, National conservatism |
4 | 0 | 48 (2020)[3] | ||
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TOGETHER – Civic Democracy, SPOLU – Občianska demokracia |
SPOLU | 2018 | Centre to centre-right; Liberal conservatism |
2 | 1 | 542 (2020)[3] | ||
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Progressive Slovakia, Progresívne Slovensko |
– | 2017 | Centre to centre-left; Social liberalism |
Irena Bihariová | 1 | 3 | 702 (2020)[3] | |
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Christian Democratic Movement, Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie |
KDH | 1990 | Centre-right; Christian democracy, Social conservatism |
0 | 2 | 7,158 (2020)[3] | ||
Slovak PATRIOT, Slovenský PATRIOT |
– | 2021 | Right wing; Euroscepticism, Social conservatism |
Miroslav Radačovský | 0 | 1 | – |
Extra-parliamentary parties[]
Name | Founded | Leader | Misc. |
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Most-Híd | 2009 | Béla Bugár | |
Democratic Party | 2006 | Michal Kravčík | |
Hungarian forum | 2019 | Zsolt Simon | |
Slovak National Party | 1989 | Andrej Danko | |
Good Choice | 2019 | Tomáš Drucker | |
Socialists.sk | 2019 | ||
Homeland | 2019 | Štefan Harabin | |
99 Percent – Civic Voice | 2011 | Ivan Weiss | Affiliated with the NGO OZ Občan v akci |
Agrarian Countryside Party | 2003 | Vladimír Gozora | |
Slovak Democratic Alliance | 2010 | Miroslav Lupták | |
European Democratic Party | 2006 | Antonio Parziale | |
United Slovakia | 2000 | Štefan Gavorník | |
Communist Party of Slovakia | 1991 | Jozef Hrdlička | The party has not been represented in parliament since 2006 |
Conservative Democrats of Slovakia | 2008-2014 | Vladimír Palko | The party split from Christian Democratic Movement |
Christian People's Party | 1998 | Jozef Fibich | |
Liberal Party | 2003 | Gustáv Krajči | Formerly People's Union, the party split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS). |
People's Party | 1995 | Magdaléna Sulanová | |
Magnificat Slovakia | 2012 | Anton Selecký | The party is affiliated with the Christian NGO OZ Magnificat Slovakia. |
Nation and Justice – Our Party | 2011 | Anna Belousovová | The party split from Slovak National Party (SNS), until 2011 it was named Nation and Justice. |
Our Region | 2010 | Ľuba Kráľová | |
Independent Forum | 1998 | Tomáš Černý | |
New Slovak Alternative, Civic-Liberal Party | 2008 | Pavol Krišpinský | |
New Democracy | 2009 | Tibor Mikuš | The party split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
New Parliament | 2005 | Jozef Behýl | |
Civic Conservative Party | 2001 | Peter Zajac | |
Civic Party TODAY | 2011 | Branislav Král | |
Civic Liberals | 2004 | Rastislav Guľaša | |
Ordinary People | 2005 | Víťazoslav Moric | |
Paliho Kapurková, Cheerful Political Party | 2010 | Pavel Vass | |
Law and Justice | 2011 | Peter Puškár | |
Prosperity of Slovakia | 2005 | František Alexander Zvrškovec | |
We are Doing It for the Children - Free Forum | 2004-2016 | Zuzana Martináková | The party split from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
Roma initiative of Slovakia | 1996 | Alexander Patkoló | Until 2000 the party was named Roma Intelligence for Co-Habitation in the Slovak Republic |
Freedom | 1998 | Tomáš Pekný | |
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party | 2000 | Milan Roman | |
Slovak People's Party | 1990 | Jozef Sásik | From 1994 to 1995 the party was named SĽS - Slovak People's Bloc |
Modern Slovak Society | 2001 | Ján Garai | |
Slovak National Unity | 1991 | Stanislav Pánis | |
Party +1 Vote | 2009 | Martin Kuruc | |
Party of the Democratic Left | 2005-2015 | Marek Blaha | |
Party of Modern Slovakia | 2008 | Milan Urbáni | The party split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Party of Slovak Citizens | 2011 | Peter Marček | |
Party of Patriots | 2010 | František Jašík | |
Labor Party | 1991 | Anton Čapkovič | The party is active only in Košice and surrounding areas. |
Party of the Hungarian Community | 1998 | József Menyhárt | |
Party of the Roma Coalition | 2009 | Gejza Adam | |
Party of the Roma Union in Slovakia | 2010 | František Tanko | |
Idea | 2001-2011 | Miroslav Leňo | The party was named 'Alliance of the New Citizen' until 2011 and 'Free Word Party of Nora Mojsejová' until 2013 |
Green Party | 1991 | Peter Pilinský | Until 2006 the party was named Slovak Green Party |
Slovak Green Party | 2006 | Martin Čulen | |
Union of the Slovak Self-Employed | 2004 | Vladimír Krivjaník | |
Dawn | 2005 | Ivan Hopta | The party split from the Communist Party of Slovakia. |
RESISTANCE - Party of Work | 2014 | Stanislav Pirošík | A Marxist–Leninist party, member of ICOR |
Green Wave | 2009 | Mário Mikloši | |
Greens | 2009 | Pavel Hraško | The party was founded as AZEN - Alliance for the Europe of Nations |
Greens - Party of National Prosperity | 1990 | Rudolf Pardubský | Until 2006 the party was named Party of National Prosperity |
United Slovak National Party | 2003 | Peter Lisý | Until 2004 the party was named Unitary Slovak National Party |
Change from the Bottom, Democratic Union of Slovakia | 2000 | Ján Budaj |
Inactive and cancelled political parties[]
Parties in liquidation[]
There are dozens of political parties currently in the process of being liquidated.
Defunct parties (1989 – present)[]
- Alliance of the New Citizen (Aliancia nového občana) – founded in 2001, government participation between 2002–05, extra-parliamentary since 2006, inactive in the late-2000s, legally succeeded by the 'Free Word Party of Nora Mojsejová' in 2011 and IDEA since 2013
- Democratic Union (Demokratická únia) - in the government between 1998 and 2002, now part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
- Civic Democratic Union (Občianska demokratická únia) - arose in 1991, its members are now in the Democratic Party and the small Civic Conservative Party (Občianska konzervatívna strana)
- Left Bloc (Ľavicový blok) - merged into Direction - Social Democracy in 2007/2008
- Slovak Democratic Coalition (Slovenská demokratická koalícia) - in existence from 1997 (as a coalition) / 1998 (as a party) to (?)2001, in the government from 1998 to 2001
- Party of Civic Understanding (Strana občianskeho porozumenia) - (SOP) - in the government between 1998 and 2002
- Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratickej ľavice) - before 2002, arose in 1990 from the Communist Party of Slovakia
- Social Democratic Alternative (Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva)
- Social Democratic Party of Slovakia (Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska) - arose in 1990, see also Alexander Dubček
- Public against Violence (Verejnosť proti násiliu) - the first party after the fall of the Communists in late 1989, ceased in 1991 (split into the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) and the Civic Democratic Union (Občianska demokratická únia, ODU) )
- True Slovak National Party (Pravá Slovenská národná strana) - Founded by Ján Slota in 2001 after being forced out of the Slovak National Party (SNS) by Anna Belousovová (at that time called Anna Malíková), the two parties re-merged in 2005 after both failing to get seats in the Parliament.
- Union of the Workers of Slovakia (druženie robotníkov Slovenska) - Founded by in 1994 after split from the Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) by Peter Weiss. Part of the government between 1994 and 1998, The party dissolved in November 2017.
Political parties in Slovakia (1948–1989)[]
- Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) - leading force between 1948 and 1989
- Party of Slovak Revival (Strana slovenskej obrody) - arose in 1948 from the Democratic Party (see above, see also National Front (Czechoslovakia)), ceased in late 1989 when the new Democratic Party was founded (see above)
Political parties in Slovakia (1945–1948)[]
- Democratic Party (Demokratická strana) - an important party between 1944 and 1948, a new DS arose in 1989, since January 2006 part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
- Freedom Party (Strana slobody) - Christian Republican party led by Vavro Šrobár.
- Labour Party (Strana práce) - formed by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation with the Communist Party.
Political parties in Slovakia (1939–1945)[]
- German Party (Deutsche Partei) - between 1938 and 1945, ethnic Carpathian Germans' party, dissolved in 1945.
- Hlinka's Slovak People's Party – Party of Slovak National Unity (HSĽS–SSNJ) - between 1913/1918 and 1945, after 1925 known as Hlinka's Slovak People's Party. The party was led by Slovak priests Andrej Hlinka (1913–1938) and Jozef Tiso (1938–1945), dissolved in 1945.
See also[]
- Politics of Slovakia
- List of political parties by country
- Politics of Communist Czechoslovakia
- List of political parties in Czechoslovakia
- Liberalism in Slovakia
References[]
Categories:
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