1994 Slovak parliamentary election

Slovak parliamentary election, 1994

30 September and 1 October 1994
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Béla Bugár Party HZDS SDĽ MKDM Alliance Common Choice MK Last election 74 seats New coalition New coalition Seats won 61 18 23 Seat change 13 New coalition New coalition Popular vote 1,005,488 299,469 492,507 Percentage 34.97% 10.42% 10.19%   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 10.08% 8.57% 7.34%   Seventh party   Leader Ján Slota Party SNS Last election 15 seats Seats won 9 Seat change 6 Popular vote 155,359 Percentage 5.40%
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

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia – Peasant's Party of Slovakia	1,005,488	35.0	61	–13
Common Choice	299,469	10.4	18	–11
Hungarian Coalition (MKM–E–MPP)	292,936	10.2	17	+3
Christian Democratic Movement	289,987	10.1	17	–1
Democratic Union of Slovakia	246,444	8.6	15	New
Union of the Workers of Slovakia	211,321	7.3	13	New
Slovak National Party	155,359	5.4	9	–6
Democratic Party	98,555	3.4	0	0
Communist Party of Slovakia	78,419	2.7	0	–
Christian Social Union	59,217	2.1	0	–
New Slovakia	38,369	1.3	0	–
Anti-Corruption Party	37,929	1.3	0	–
Movement for a Prosperous Czech Republic and Slovakia	30,292	1.1	0	–
Roma Civic Initiative	19,542	0.7	0	–
Social Democracy	7,121	0.2	0	–
Real Social Democratic Party of Slovaks	3,573	0.1	0	–
Association for the Republic–The Republicans	1,410	0.0	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	57,211	–	–	–
Total	2,932,669	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,876,555	75.7	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote HZDS/RSS   34.97% SV   10.41% MK   10.19% KDH   10.08% DEÚS   8.57% ZRS   7.35% SNS   5.40% DS   3.43% KSS   2.73% KSÚ   2.06% NS   1.33% SPK   1.32% HZPČS   1.05% Other   1.10%

Parliamentary seats HZDS/RSS   40.67% SV   12.00% MK   11.33% KDH   11.33% DEÚS   10.00% ZRS   8.67% SNS   6.00%