2002 Slovak parliamentary election|
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Turnout | 70.07% ( 14.18 pp) |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Vladimír Mečiar
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Mikuláš Dzurinda
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Robert Fico
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Party
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ĽS–HZDS
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SDKÚ
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SMER
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Last election
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43 seats, 27.0%
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Did not exist
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Did not exist
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Seats won
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36
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28
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25
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Seat change
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7
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New
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New
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Popular vote
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560,691
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433,953
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387,100
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Percentage
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19.5%
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15.1%
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13.5%
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Swing
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7.5 pp
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New
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New
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
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Béla Bugár
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Pavol Hrušovský
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Pavol Rusko
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Party
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SMK
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KDH
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ANO
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Last election
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15 seats, 9.1%
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In SDK
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Did not exist
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Seats won
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20
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15
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15
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Seat change
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5
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N/A
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New
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Popular vote
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321,069
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237,202
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237,202
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Percentage
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11.2%
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8.3%
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8.0%
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Swing
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2.0 pp
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N/A
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New
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Seventh party
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Leader
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Jozef Ševc
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Party
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KSS
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Last election
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0 seats, 2.8%
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Seats won
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11
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Seat change
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11
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Popular vote
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181,872
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Percentage
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6.3%
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Swing
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3.5 pp
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/2002_Slovak_legislative_election_-_Results.svg/300px-2002_Slovak_legislative_election_-_Results.svg.png) Results of the election, showing plurality by district. |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002.[1] The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats.[2] Mikuláš Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union remained Prime Minister, in coalition with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement, and Alliance of the New Citizen parties.[3]