Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of IFES election guide)

The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term. In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Recent elections

(courtesy of wikipedia)

Parliamentary elections - 2006

The 2006 parliamentary elections in Slovakia took place on Saturday June 17, 2006. The voters selected 150 representatives for the National Council of the Slovak Republic. The highest number of seats, 50, was won by left-wing party Direction - Social Democracy lead by Robert Fico. In total, six parties have achieved 5 percent threshold necessary to secure seats in the National Council. In order to form a new government, Robert Fico will have to find coalition partners among other parties.

Originally the election was planned to occur on September 16, 2006. On February 8, the government proposed to call an early election after the Christian Democratic Movement left the coalition government. This proposal was passed by the Parliament on February 9 and signed by the President on February 13. Slovak citizens living abroad could for the first time participate in the Slovak election by absentee ballots.

For official results and further information, please click here.

Past elections

The 2004 presidential elections were held in Slovakia on April 3 (first round) and April 17 (second round) 2004. For official results and detailed information, please click the website of the Statistical Office of Slovakia or here.