2002 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002.[1] The People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats.[2] 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.[3]

2002 Slovak parliamentary election

20–21 September 2002
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,913,267 (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% New party New party Seats won 36 28 25 Seat change 7 New party New party Popular vote 560,691 433,953 387,100 Percentage 19.5% 15.1% 13.5% Swing 7.5 pp New party New party   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 New party Seats won 20 15 15 Seat change 5 N/A New party Popular vote 321,069 237,202 237,202 Percentage 11.2% 8.3% 8.0% Swing 2.0 pp N/A New party   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 Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda SDKÚ

Results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
	People's Party – 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	N/A	15	N/A
	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
Invalid/blank votes		38,186	–	–	–	–
Total		2,913,267	100	–	150	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,157,802	70.07	–14.18	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote ĽS-HZDS   19.50% SDKÚ-DS   15.09% SMER-SD   13.46% SMK   11.17% KDH   8.25% ANO   8.01% KSS   6.33% Other   18.19%

Parliamentary seats ĽS-HZDS   24.00% SDKÚ-DS   18.67% SMER-SD   16.67% SMK   13.33% KDH   10.00% ANO   10.00% KSS   7.33%

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1754
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1757

External links

• Official results
• Slovak Election Data Project