2002 Slovak parliamentary election

2002 Slovak parliamentary election

20–21 September 2002
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.07% ( 14.18 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Robert Fico Party ĽS–HZDS SDKÚ SMER Last election 43 seats, 27.0% Did not exist Did not exist Seats won 36 28 25 Seat change 7 New New Popular vote 560,691 433,953 387,100 Percentage 19.5% 15.1% 13.5% Swing 7.5 pp New New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Béla Bugár Pavol Hrušovský Pavol Rusko Party SMK KDH ANO Last election 15 seats, 9.1% In SDK Did not exist Seats won 20 15 15 Seat change 5 N/A New Popular vote 321,069 237,202 237,202 Percentage 11.2% 8.3% 8.0% Swing 2.0 pp N/A New   Seventh party   Leader Jozef Ševc Party KSS Last election 0 seats, 2.8% Seats won 11 Seat change 11 Popular vote 181,872 Percentage 6.3% Swing 3.5 pp
Results of the election, showing plurality by district.
Prime Minister before election Mikuláš Dzurinda SDKÚ Elected Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda SDKÚ

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002. The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats. 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.

Participating parties

Party		Ideology	Political position	Leader
	People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS–HZDS)	Slovak nationalism Populism	Syncretic	Vladimír Mečiar
	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)	Liberal conservatism Christian democracy	Centre-right	Mikuláš Dzurinda
	Direction (Smer)	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Centre-left	Robert Fico
	Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK)	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy	Centre-right	Béla Bugár
	Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)	Christian democracy Economic liberalism	Centre-right	Pavol Hrušovský
	Alliance of the New Citizen (ANO)	Liberalism Populism	Centre-right	Pavol Rusko
	Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)	Communism Marxism–Leninism	Far-left	Jozef Ševc

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	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

External links

• Official results
• Slovak Election Data Project