2010 Slovak parliamentary election

none October 2020 Slovakia parliamentary 2006 Slovak parliamentary election 2006 2012 Slovak parliamentary election 2012 All 150 seats in the National Council 76 12 June 2010 58.65% ( 3.98 pp) 130x130px Robert_Fico_(2010).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Robert Fico Direction – Social Democracy 50 seats, 29.1% 62 12 880,111 34.8% 5.7 pp Iveta Radicova (dec. 2010).jpg 125 120 160 0 0 Iveta Radičová Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 31 seats, 18.4% 28 3 390,042 15.42% 2.9 pp Richard Sulík (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Richard Sulík Freedom and Solidarity Did not exist 22 New 307,287 12.1% New Ján Figeľ 2011.jpg 125 120 160 0 0 Ján Figeľ Christian Democratic Movement 14 seats, 8.3% 15 1 215,755 8.5% 0.2 pp Béla Bugár (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Béla Bugár Most–Híd Did not exist 14 New 205,538 8.1% New Žilina P6112384 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ján Slota Slovak National Party 20 seats, 11.7% 9 11 128,490 5.1% 6.7 pp 2010 Slovak legislative election - Vote Strength.svg Results of the election, showing vote strength by district. Prime Minister Robert Fico Iveta Radičová Direction – Social Democracy Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010.http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/37818/10/slovakias_parliamentary_elections_set_for_june12.html Slovakia's parliamentary elections set for June 12 2 February 2010 The Slovak Spectator 15 June 2010 The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament.http://www.volbysr.sk/nrsr2010/priebezne/tab_Pv.html Voľby do Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky Volbysr.sk 15 June 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100614052249/http://www.volbysr.sk/nrsr2010/priebezne/tab_Pv.html 14 June 2010 dmy-all Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a plurality, the new government consisted of a coalition led by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party's Iveta Radičová and included KDH, SaS and Most-Hid. However, her government fell on 11 October 2011 following a vote of no confidence with a new election called for 10 March 2012. Background June 2010 A total of 2,401 candidates applied to contest the 150 seats.http://www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?page=showSprava&id=26844&lang=2 Radio Slovakia International Rozhlas.sk 15 June 2010 Polls in February 2010 had indicated that the current governing party Smer-SD (Direction – Social Democracy) would win a plurality with a margin of 25%.http://www.rozhlas.sk/inetportal/rsi/core.php?page=showSprava&id=26813&lang=3 Radio Slovakia International Rozhlas.sk 15 June 2010 However the five opposition right-wing parties – the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ-DS), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK-MKP), Most–Híd, and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) – could together gain a majority. There were conflicting reports during the campaign as to whether some of these parties would consider joining with Fico.posten http://derstandard.at/1271374792637/Premier-fuerchtet-um-Regierungsmehrheit Premier fürchtet um Regierungsmehrheit Der Standard 15 June 2010 During pre-election campaigning, reports indicated that the "Christian Democrats and the two ethnic Hungarian parties had not ruled out working with Fico."http://businessneweurope.eu/story2056/Corruption_rife_but_fails_to_rile_Slovak_voters Corruption rife, but fails to rile Slovak voters Businessneweurope.eu 14 April 2010 15 June 2010 dead https://archive.today/20120712080435/http://businessneweurope.eu/story2056/Corruption_rife_but_fails_to_rile_Slovak_voters 12 July 2012http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7880847&action=article Business finance news – currency market news – online UK currency markets – financial news – Interactive Investor Iii.co.uk 7 May 2010 15 June 2010 Rumours were reported that prime minister Robert Fico might have secretly agreed not to enter a coalition with the Slovak nationalists again, unless he had no other choice. A later poll by of the Czech News Agency suggested that the governing coalition would lose its majority, and that one of Fico's allies (HZDS) would struggle with the 5% barrier.posten http://derstandard.at/1271375670313/Regierungskoalition-in-Umfragen-ohne-Mehrheit Regierungskoalition in Umfragen ohne Mehrheit Der Standard 22 May 2010 15 June 2010 Participating parties Party Ideology Political position Leader Direction – Social Democracy Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) Social democracyLeft-wing populism Centre-left Robert Fico Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ–DS) Liberal conservatismChristian democracy Centre-right Iveta Radičová Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) LiberalismRight-libertarianism Centre-right Richard Sulík Christian Democratic Movement Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracySocial conservatism Centre-right Ján Figeľ Most–Híd Bridge (Most–Híd) Hungarian minority interestsChristian democracy Centre-right Béla Bugár Slovak National Party Slovak National Party (SNS) UltranationalismRight-wing populism Far-right Ján Slota Campaign During the parliamentary elections the SDKÚ-DS ran on a platform of fiscal discipline and pledging to reinvigorate the economy.July 2021 Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election.chart Opinion polling for the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election.tab 600px According to polling agency Focus in May 2010, eight parties would cross the 5% threshold needed for participation in parliament. Party January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 Direction – Social Democracy 41.4% 38.6% 38.4% 36.8% 35.3% 29.5% Slovak National Party 6.2% 6.2% 6.3% 8.6% 6.1% 7.7% People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 6.5% 5.8% 5.4% 5.4% 5.1% 5% Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 15.2% 11.3% 14.3% 13.6% 14% 12.1% Freedom and Solidarity 5.1% 9.6% 8.6% 11.5% 13.3% 12.4% Christian Democratic Movement 9.0% 9.6% 9.7% 8.6% 8.3% 9.2% Most–Híd 5.2% 5.6% 6.9% 5.1% 5.6% 6.5% Party of the Hungarian Coalition 5.6% 5.1% 5.2% 5.1% 5.9% 5.2%http://www.focus-research.sk/ FOCUS Focus-research.sk 15 June 2010 According to a poll of the Institute of public affairs (IVO) the voter participation would be about 50 to 60%. Results File:2010 Slovak National Council composition chart.svg Direction – Social Democracy 880111 +5.65 62 +12 Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 390042 −2.93 28 −3 Freedom and Solidarity 307287 New 22 New Christian Democratic Movement 215755 +0.21 15 +1 Most–Híd 205538 New 14 New Slovak National Party 128490 −6.66 9 −11 Party of the Hungarian Coalition 109638 −7.35 0 −20 People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 109480 −4.47 0 −15 Party of the Democratic Left 61137 +2.3 0 0 People's Party Our Slovakia 33724 New 0 New Communist Party of Slovakia 21104 −3.07 0 0 Union – Party for Slovakia (Free Forum–+1 Voice) 17741 −2.77 0 0 Paliho Kapurková, Cheerful Political Party 14576 New 0 New European Democratic Party 10332 New 0 New New Democracy 7962 New 0 New Party of the Roma Coalition 6947 New 0 New Union of the Workers of Slovakia 6196 −0.06 0 0 AZEN – Alliance for Europe of the Nations 3325 New 0 New 0 29180 4362369 Volby, IFES Results by region Region Smer SDKÚ–DS SaS KDH Most–Híd SNS SMK–MKP ĽS-HZDS SDĽ ĽSNSOther parties Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Freedom and Solidarity Christian Democratic Movement Most–Híd Slovak National Party Party of the Hungarian Community People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia, 2005) People's Party Our Slovakia Bratislava Region 25.1127.58 18.03 7.99 8.25 3.85 0.95 2.69 2.04 0.64 Trnava Region26.98 13.68 10.88 7.09 18.18 3.67 10.28 3.27 1.98 0.89 Trenčín Region44.78 12.97 12.63 7.97 1.41 7.11 0.02 5.93 2.78 1.09 Nitra Region30.70 11.81 9.12 5.25 17.26 4.44 12.90 3.16 1.93 1.03 Žilina Region42.45 12.61 12.75 10.98 1.40 9.07 0.02 4.36 2.59 0.93 Banská Bystrica Region35.15 14.22 12.68 5.44 7.18 5.06 5.41 5.40 2.79 2.18 Prešov Region41.68 13.66 9.91 14.97 1.67 3.75 0.05 4.59 2.60 2.08 Košice Region31.61 16.07 11.02 8.16 10.13 3.64 5.31 5.36 2.60 1.79 Total in Slovakia34.80 15.42 12.15 8.53 8.13 5.08 4.33 4.33 2.42 1.33 Cities32.46 19.68 15.03 7.98 7.20 4.62 2.43 3.56 2.39 1.34 Villages37.64 10.20 8.62 9.19 9.25 5.63 6.65 5.26 2.44 1.32 New government Incumbent Prime Minister Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party increased its seat share by 12 to 62. However, Fico faced an uphill battle to remain prime minister, as his coalition partners were decimated. The Slovak National Party barely passed the 5% vote threshold required for parliamentary representation while losing 11 of their 20 seats, while the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia was shut out of the chamber altogether.Slovakia's leftist leader wins Pyrrhic victory as right claims majority http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5679640,00.html 13 June 2010 Deutsche Welle 13 June 2010 Despite the setback, Fico said that he wanted to try to form a cabinet even though his leftist coalition could only command 71 of the 150 parliament seats and would thus force the need for at least one of the opposing centre-right parties. This has been described as an unlikely, but possible, occurrence, because opposition parties stated during the election that they would not enter government with Fico. One analyst said that he "strictly rule[d] out that any of the centre-right parties could team up with Smer." The Slovak President, Ivan Gasparovic, asked Fico to attempt to form a government stating that "I believe that the party that won such support from the people deserves the chance."Bednarikova Tatiana Slovak president taps leftist premier to form government https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV-xELEhAIqBR5WLTMcIDghGyYyQ https://archive.today/20130125105530/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV-xELEhAIqBR5WLTMcIDghGyYyQ dead 25 January 2013 13 June 2010 Agence France-Presse 13 June 2010 The second placed Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party had coalition talks with the Christian Democratic Movement, Freedom and Solidarity and Most–Híd.Slovak right wins vote and look set to oust leftist PM https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE65B2AG20100613 https://web.archive.org/web/20111019022252/http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE65B2AG20100613 dead 19 October 2011 13 June 2010 Reuters 13 June 2010 On 16 June it was reported that the four opposition parties which had won seats in the parliament had agreed to form a government under the leadership of Radičová.October 2011 An agreement on the distribution of ministries was reached on 28 June 2010.http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/39401/10/coalition_parties_agree_on_ministries_and_sas_presiding_over_parliament.html Coalition parties agree on ministries and SaS presiding over parliament 29 June 2010 The Slovak Spectator 12 October 2011 Radičová was then sworn in as PM on 8 July 2010,https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gthjD8xNVJsJ6KhK9VejUgldMeEA https://web.archive.org/web/20100711090350/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gthjD8xNVJsJ6KhK9VejUgldMeEA dead 11 July 2010 Slovak president appoints liberal Radicova as PM 8 July 2010 12 October 2011 Agence France-Presse after her coalition (comprising SDKU, KDH, SaS and Most-Hidhttp://www.euractiv.com/en/elections/slovak-right-backs-radicova-lead-cabinet-news-495272 Slovak right backs Radičová to lead cabinet EurActiv 16 June 2010 12 October 2011 9 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110609133407/http://www.euractiv.com/en/elections/slovak-right-backs-radicova-lead-cabinet-news-495272 dead ) secured a majority of 79 seats in the 150-seat parliament and Fico and his cabinet tendered their resignations.July 2021 The new government pledged to cut state spending and the budget deficit and to attract more foreign investment, while steering clear of tax rises. "We are ready to take responsibility over the country at a time when it is coping with the impact of a deep economic crisis and the irresponsible decisions of our political predecessors."http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4292493 Sociologist Iveta Radicova becomes Slovakia's first female prime minister Istockanalyst.com 8 July 2010 12 October 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120322114140/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4292493 22 March 2012 They have also sought, through Most-Hid, to rebuild links with Hungary that were badly damaged by the adoption of contentious language and citizenship laws.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0709/1224274347022.html Fri, Jul 9, 2010 – Sociologist Iveta Radicova becomes Slovakia's first female prime minister The Irish Times 7 July 2010 12 October 2011 Fall of government On 11 October 2011, parliament voted to approve the expansion of the European Financial Stability Fund on the grounds, according to the Freedom and Solidarity, that Slovakia, the second poorest eurozone country, should not bailout richer countries such as Greece and for bank re-capitalisation. As Slovakia was the last eurozone country to vote on the measure, Radičová made it a no confidence vote. The measure then failed by 21 votes after both Freedom and Solidarity and Smer abstained. However, another vote was expected with Smer rumoured to support it should there be a new election and more stringent terms.Rob Cameron https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15265987 Slovakia votes down eurozone bailout expansion plans BBC News 12 October 2011 11 October 2011http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/260859/slovak-opposition-ready-to-vote-for-efsf-urges-election Slovak lawmakers reject eurozone's revamped EFSF rescue fund Bangkok Post 12 October 2011 Smer came to an agreement with the governing coalition to support the measure in what Fico called "the most important document of this period." He also explained the first round rejection of the measure as "saying 'no' to a rightist government, but we're saying 'yes' to the rescue fund." As per the agreement between the two parties, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Mikulas Dzurinda said that a snap election had been called: "We decided that as the first point of [Thursday's] parliamentary session, we will work on a proposal to shorten the voting period, with the goal of organising an election on 10 March. Immediately after [13 October or 14 October] we will debate proposals related to the EFSF."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15271141 BBC News Slovak rivals reach deal to back EU bailout fund 12 October 2011 Notes References External links Slovak Election Data Project NSD: European Election Database – Slovakia https://web.archive.org/web/20140615003503/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/slovakia/ 15 June 2014 publishes regional level election data (NUTS 1–3); allows for comparisons of election results, 1990–2010 Category:Parliamentary elections in Slovakia Slovakia Parliamentary Slovakia Category:June 2010 elections