1994 Slovak parliamentary election

1994 Slovak parliamentary election

30 September–1 October 1994
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.65% ( 8.52 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Béla Bugár Party HZDS SDĽ MKDM/MKDH Alliance SV MK Last election 74 seats, 37.3% 29 seats, 19.8% 14 seats, 9.7% Seats won 61 18 17 Seat change 13 11 3 Popular vote 1,005,488 299,496 292,936 Percentage 35.0% 10.4% 10.2% Swing 2.3 pp 9.4 pp 0.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ján Čarnogurský Jozef Moravčík Ján Ľupták Party KDH DEÚS ZRS Last election 18 seats, 8.9 % Did not exist Did not exist Seats won 17 15 13 Seat change 1 New New Popular vote 289,987 246,444 211,321 Percentage 10.1% 8.6% 7.4% Swing 1.2 pp New New   Seventh party   Leader Ján Slota Party SNS Last election 15 seats, 8.0% Seats won 9 Seat change 6 Popular vote 155,359 Percentage 5.4% Swing 2.5 pp
Prime Minister before election Jozef Moravčík DEÚS Elected Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar HZDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994. The early elections were necessary after the Vladimír Mečiar 1992 government had been recalled in March 1994 by the National Council and a new temporary government under Jozef Moravčík had been created at the same time.

The governing Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) lost seats, but remained the largest party in the National Council with over three times as many seats as the second-placed Common Choice, a left-wing alliance, which almost failed to enter the parliament despite its good performance in pre-election opinion polls. After the election, the HZDS formed a coalition with the Union of the Workers of Slovakia and the Slovak National Party.

Participating parties

Party		Ideology	Political position	Leader
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	Slovak nationalism Populism	Syncretic	Vladimír Mečiar
	Common Choice (SV)	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Centre-left	Peter Weiss
	Hungarian Coalition (MKDM/MKDH–EGY–MPP)	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy	Centre-right	Béla Bugár
	Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)	Christian democracy Social conservatism	Centre-right	Ján Čarnogurský
	Democratic Union of Slovakia (DEÚS)	Christian democracy Liberalism	Centre	Jozef Moravčík
	Union of the Workers of Slovakia (ZRS)	Slovak nationalism Left-wing populism	Far-left	Ján Ľupták
	Slovak National Party (SNS)	Ultranationalism Right-wing populism	Far-right	Ján Slota

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia–Peasants' Party of Slovakia	1,005,488	34.97	–2.29	61	–13
	Common Choice	299,496	10.42	–9.36	18	–11
	Hungarian Coalition (MKM–E–MPP)	292,936	10.19	+0.47	17	+3
	Christian Democratic Movement	289,987	10.08	+1.20	17	–1
	Democratic Union of Slovakia	246,444	8.57	New	15	New
	Union of the Workers of Slovakia	211,321	7.35	New	13	New
	Slovak National Party	155,359	5.40	–2.53	9	–6
	Democratic Party	98,555	3.43	+0.12	0	0
	Communist Party of Slovakia	78,419	2.73	+1.97	0	0
	Christian Social Union	59,217	2.06	–0.99	0	0
	New Slovakia	38,369	1.33	New	0	New
	Anti-Corruption Party	37,929	1.32	New	0	New
	Movement for a Prosperous Czech Republic and Slovakia	30,292	1.05	New	0	New
	Roma Civic Initiative	19,542	0.68	+0.08	0	0
	Social Democracy	7,121	0.25	New	0	New
	Real Social Democratic Party of Slovaks	3,573	0.12	New	0	New
	Rally for the Republic–The Republicans	1,410	0.05	–0.28	0	0
Total		2,875,458	100.00	–	150	0
Valid votes		2,875,458	98.05
Invalid/blank votes		57,211	1.95
Total votes		2,932,669	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,876,555	75.65
Source: Nohlen & Stöver