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	2,932,669 (75.65%) 8.55 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Béla Bugár Party HZDS Common Choice MKDM 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 1,005,488 299,496 492,507 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 New party New party Seats won 17 15 13 Seat change 1 New party New party Popular vote 289,987 246,444 211,321 Percentage 10.1% 8.6% 7.4% Swing 1.2 pp New party New party   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 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.

Results

Swing and seat change for Common Choice are compared to the combined results of SDĽ, SDSS, and SZ, which competed independently in 1992.

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
bgcolor=Template:People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia/meta/color|	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia–Peasants' Party of Slovakia	1,005,488	34.97	–2.29	61	–13
bgcolor=Template:Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)/meta/color|	Common Choice	299,496	10.42	–9.36	18	–11
bgcolor=Template:Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement/meta/color|	Hungarian Coalition (MKM–E–MPP)	292,936	10.19	+0.47	17	+3
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Movement/meta/color|	Christian Democratic Movement	289,987	10.08	+1.20	17	–1
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Union of Slovakia/meta/color|	Democratic Union of Slovakia	246,444	8.57	New	15	New
bgcolor=Template:Union of the Workers of Slovakia/meta/color|	Union of the Workers of Slovakia	211,321	7.35	New	13	New
bgcolor=Template:Slovak National Party/meta/color|	Slovak National Party	155,359	5.40	–2.53	9	–6
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (Slovakia)/meta/color|	Democratic Party	98,555	3.43	+0.12	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Communist Party of Slovakia/meta/color|	Communist Party of Slovakia	78,419	2.73	+1.97	0	0
	Christian Social Union	59,217	2.06	New	0	New
	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
Invalid/blank votes		57,211	–	–	–	–
Total		2,932,669	100	–	150	0
Registered voters/turnout		3,876,555	75.65	–8.55	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver