Slovak 🇸🇰 2023 parliamentary election

Today (September 30th) citizens of Slovakia go to polls to vote in parliamentary elections! These are snap elections, after no-confidence vote which happened [last December](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/slovak-coalition-government-collapses-after-losing-no-confidence-vote-in-parliament). However, current term was cut very little, as it would end on March 2024 anyway.

Slovak parliament (National Council, **Národná rada SR**) is unicameral and consists of 150 deputies (76 needed for majority), who are elected for a **four**-year term, by an open list proportional representation, in a single nationwide constituency. Seats are allocated via [Hagenbach-Bischoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenbach-Bischoff_system) quota. Voters can cast up to four preferential votes for candidates on the one chosen list. Electoral threshold is 5% for single parties, 7% for coalitions of two or three parties, and 10% for coalitions of four or more.

Turnout in last (2020) elections was 65.8%.

Relevant parties and alliances taking part in the elections are:

Name|Leader|Position|Affiliation|2018 result|Recent polling|**Results**|Seats (20)
:–|:–|:–|:–|–:|–:|–:|:–
[Direction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direction_%E2%80%93_Social_Democracy) (Smer)|[Robert Fico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fico)|centre-left (social conservative, pro-Russia)|PES|18.3.%|18-24%|TBA|(38)
[Progressive Slovakia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Slovakia) (PS)|[Michal Šimečka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Šimečka)|centre-left (social liberal)|Renew|(7.0%)|15-19%|TBA|(-)
[Voice]() (Hlas)|[Peter Pellegrini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pellegrini)|centre-left (social democrat)|PES|new|11-15%|TBA|(-)
[Ordinary People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_People_and_Independent_Personalities) & [For the People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_People_(Slovakia\)) (OĽaNO-ZĽ)|[Igor Matovič](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Matovi%C4%8D), [Veronika Remišová](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronika_Remi%C5%A1ov%C3%A1)|centre-right (conservative, anti-corruption)|EPP|(30.8%)|6-9%|TBA|(65)
[Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Slovakia\)) (REP)|[Milan Uhrík](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Uhr%C3%ADk)|far-right (neo-fascist, pro-Russia)|-|new|6-8%|TBA|(-)
[Christian Democrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Movement) (KDH)|[Milan Majerský](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Majerský)|centre-right (conservative)|EPP|4.7%|6-7%|TBA|(-)
[Freedom & Solidarity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_and_Solidarity) (SASKA)|[Richard Sulík](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sul%C3%ADk)|centre (libertarian)|ECR|6.2%|5-7%|TBA|(13)
[Slovak National Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_National_Party) (SNS)|[Andrej Danko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Danko_(politician\))|far-right (national conservative, pro-Russia)|-|3.2%|5-6%|TBA|()
[We Are Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_Family_(Slovakia)) (SR)|[Boris Kollár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kollár)|right-wing (national conservative)|I&D|8.2%|4-6%|TBA|(17)
[Democrats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together_%E2%80%93_Civic_Democracy)|[Eduard Heger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Heger)|centre (liberal)|EPP|(7.0%)|2-4%|TBA|(-)
[Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_(Slovak_political_party\)) (Sz–A)|Krisztián Forró|right (Hungarian minority)|EPP|3.9%|2-4%|TBA|(-)
[the Blues & Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modr%C3%AD,_Most%E2%80%93H%C3%ADd) (M)|[Mikuláš Dzurinda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikuláš_Dzurinda)|centre-right (liberal conservative)|-|2.1%|1-2%|TBA|(-)
[People’s Party Our Slovakia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_Our_Slovakia) (ĽSNS)|[Marian Kotleba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Kotleba)|far-right (neo-fascist, pro-Russia)|APF|8.0%|1-2%|TBA|(17)

**Further reading**

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Slovak_parliamentary_election)

[Your primer on the Slovak elections](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/eye-on-europes-elections/your-primer-on-the-slovak-elections/) (Atlantic Council)

[All you need to know about Slovakia’s parliamentary election](https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/30/all-you-need-to-know-about-slovakias-parliamentary-election) (Euronews)

[Slovaks head to polls in early election](https://www.dw.com/en/slovaks-head-to-polls-in-early-election/a-66968108) (DW)

by pothkan