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	2,913,267 (70.07%) 14.18 pp
First party Second party Third party   130px Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Robert Fico Party HZDS SDKÚ SMER Last election 43 seats, 27.0% New party New party Seats won 36 / 150 28 / 150 25 / 150 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   130px 190px Leader Béla Bugár Pavol Hrušovský Pavol Rusko Party SMK KDH Alliance of the New Citizen Last election 15 seats, 9.1% In SDK New party Seats won 20 / 150 15 / 150 15 / 150 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 Communist Party of Slovakia Last election 0 seats, 2.8% Seats won 11 / 150 Seat change 11 Popular vote 181,872 Percentage 6.3% Swing 3.5 pp
400px Results of the election, showing plurality by district.
Prime Minister before election Mikuláš Dzurinda SDKÚ 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	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko	HZDS	1991	National conservatism, Slovak nationalism, Populism	Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia	SDKÚ	2000	Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Mikuláš Dzurinda
Direction Smer	Smer	1999	Third Way, Populism, Soft Euroscepticism	Robert Fico
Party of the Hungarian Coalition Strana maďarskej koalície	SMK	1998	Hungarian minority interests, Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism	Béla Bugár
Christian Democratic Movement Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie	KDH	1990	Christian democracy, Conservatism, Pro-Europeanism	Pavol Hrušovský
Alliance of the New Citizen Aliancia nového občana	ANO	2001	Libertarianism, Populism, Pro-Europeanism	Pavol Rusko
Communist Party of Slovakia Komunistická strana Slovenska	KSS	1992	Democratic socialism, Communism, Marxism-Leninism	Jozef Ševc

External links

• Official results
• Slovak Election Data Project