Slovakia

National Council

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes
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Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s)
29 Feb 2020
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature
No information available
Timing of election
Upon normal expiry
Number of seats at stake
150
Scope of elections
Full renewal

Candidates

Number of parties contesting the election
25
Total number of candidates
2,736
Number of male candidates
2,104
Number of female candidates
632
Percentage of women candidates
23.1%

Voter turnout

Registered voters
4,432,419
Voters
2,916,840
Voter turnout
65.8%

Results

About the election

As was the case in the preceding elections held in 2016, no party won an outright majority in the 150-member National Council in 2020. The coalition led by Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (O'LANO, see note 1), led by Mr. Igor Matovic, came first, taking 53 seats (up from 19), winning 16 more seats than Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini’s Smer–Social Democracy (Smer-SD), which came second with 38 seats (down from 49). The O'LANO subsequently formed a four-party coalition government (see note 2) thereby ousting the Smer-SD which had governed the country since 2012. The newly elected National Council held its first session on 20 March amid the COVID-19 pandemic, obliging all members to wear a mask. The following day, President Zuzana Caputova (the country’s first female President elected in 2019) inaugurated the new government led by Prime Minister Matovic.

The anti-corruption agenda dominated the 2020 election campaign which was held shortly after the beginning of the trial in February 2018 for the murder of a journalist who had been investigating high-level corruption scandals. The murder had prompted mass protests, which forced the then Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign in March 2018. However, his Smer-SD party remained in power until the 2020 elections.

Note 1:

The O’LANO-led coalition comprised O’LANO, the New Majority (NOVA), the Christian Union (KU) and the Change from the Bottom (ZMENA ZDOLA).

Note 2:

The coalition government comprises O'LANO, We Are Family (SME RODINA, led by the new Speaker Boris Kollár), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS, led by Mr. Richard Sulik), and For the People (ZA ĽUDÍ, led by former President Andrej Kiska), which jointly hold a total of 95 seats.

Number of parties winning seats
6
Percentage of parties winning seats
24.0%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition
35.3%
Alternation of power after elections
Yes
Number of parties in government
4
Names of parties in government
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (O'LANO), We Are Family (SME RODINA), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and For the People (ZA ĽUDÍ)

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group Total
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (O'LANO ) - NOVA - KU - ZMENA ZDOLA 53
Smer - Social Democracy (Smer-SD) 38
We Are Family (SME RODINA) 17
Kotlebovci - People's Party Our Slovakia (L'SNS) 17
Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) 13
For the People (ZA ĽUDÍ) 12
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
118
Number of women elected
32

Notes:

Note on the distribution of seats according to sex:

Thirty-two women were elected in the February 2020. The number of women decreased to 30 after the formation of the government in March.

Percentage of women elected
21.3%
Women Directly Elected
32
Sources

New legislature

Total number of men after the election
118
Total number of women after the election
32
Percentage of women after the election
21.3%
First-term parliamentarians
82
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians
54.7%
Date of the first session
20 Mar 2020

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature
Boris Kollár (Male)
Date of birth: 1965
Political party
We Are Family (SME RODINA)
Date of election
20 Mar 2020

Historical data for IPU membership

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Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No