1994 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994.[1] 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.

1994 Slovak parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.65% (Decrease 8.52 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Béla Bugár
Party HZDS SDĽ MKDM/MKDH
Alliance SV MK
Last election 74 seats, 37.3% 29 seats, 19.8%[a] 14 seats, 9.7%
Seats won 61 18 17
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 11 Increase 3
Popular vote 1,005,488 299,496 292,936
Percentage 35.0% 10.4% 10.2%
Swing Decrease 2.3 pp Decrease 9.4 pp Increase 0.5 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ján Čarnogurský Jozef Moravčík Ján Ľupták
Party KDH DEÚS ZRS
Last election 18 seats, 8.9 % Did not exist Did not exist
Seats won 17 15 13
Seat change Decrease 1 New New
Popular vote 289,987 246,444 211,321
Percentage 10.1% 8.6% 7.4%
Swing Increase 1.2 pp New New

  Seventh party
 
Leader Ján Slota
Party SNS
Last election 15 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 9
Seat change Decrease 6
Popular vote 155,359
Percentage 5.4%
Swing Decrease 2.5 pp

Prime Minister before election

Jozef Moravčík
DEÚS

Elected Prime Minister

Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

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.

Participating parties

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Party Ideology Political position Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Slovak nationalism
Populism
Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar
Common Choice (SV) Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Centre-left Peter Weiss
Hungarian Coalition (MKDM/MKDHEGYMPP) Hungarian minority interests
Christian democracy
Centre-right Béla Bugár
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Centre-right Ján Čarnogurský
Democratic Union of Slovakia (DEÚS) Christian democracy
Liberalism
Centre Jozef Moravčík
Union of the Workers of Slovakia (ZRS) Slovak nationalism
Left-wing populism
Far-left Ján Ľupták
Slovak National Party (SNS) Ultranationalism
Right-wing populism
Far-right Ján Slota

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Movement for a Democratic SlovakiaPeasants' Party of Slovakia1,005,48834.97–2.2961–13
Common Choice299,49610.42–9.3618–11
Hungarian Coalition (MKMEMPP)292,93610.19+0.4717+3
Christian Democratic Movement289,98710.08+1.2017–1
Democratic Union of Slovakia246,4448.57New15New
Union of the Workers of Slovakia211,3217.35New13New
Slovak National Party155,3595.40–2.539–6
Democratic Party98,5553.43+0.1200
Communist Party of Slovakia78,4192.73+1.9700
Christian Social Union59,2172.06–0.9900
New Slovakia38,3691.33New0New
Anti-Corruption Party37,9291.32New0New
Movement for a Prosperous Czech Republic and Slovakia30,2921.05New0New
Roma Civic Initiative19,5420.68+0.0800
Social Democracy7,1210.25New0New
Real Social Democratic Party of Slovaks3,5730.12New0New
Rally for the Republic–The Republicans1,4100.05–0.2800
Total2,875,458100.001500
Valid votes2,875,45898.05
Invalid/blank votes57,2111.95
Total votes2,932,669100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,876,55575.65
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

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  1. ^ Combined results for SDĽ, SDSS, and SZ.

References

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