2016 Slovak parliamentary election

2016 Slovak parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.38% (Increase 0.48 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Robert Fico Richard Sulík Igor Matovič
Party Smer SaS OĽaNONOVA
Last election 83 seats, 44.42% 11 seats, 5.88% 16 seats, 8.56%
Seats won 49 21 19
Seat change Decrease 34 Increase 10 Increase 3
Popular vote 737,481 315,558 287,611
Percentage 28.28% 12.10% 11.03%
Swing Decrease 16.14 pp Increase 6.22 pp Increase 2.47 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Andrej Danko Marian Kotleba Boris Kollár
Party SNS ĽSNS We Are Family
Last election 0 seats, 4.56% 0 seats, 1.58% Did not exist
Seats won 15 14 11
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 14 New
Popular vote 225,386 209,779 172,860
Percentage 8.64% 8.04% 6.63%
Swing Increase 4.08 pp Increase 6.46 pp New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Béla Bugár Radoslav Procházka
Party Most–Híd Network
Last election 13 seats, 6.90% Did not exist
Seats won 11 10
Seat change Decrease 2 New
Popular vote 169,593 146,205
Percentage 6.50% 5.61%
Swing Decrease 0.40 pp New

Results of the election, showing vote strength by district

Prime Minister before election

Robert Fico
Smer

Elected Prime Minister

Robert Fico
Smer

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS), which led the government between 2000–06 and 2010–12, was defeated heavily, failing to cross the electoral threshold and losing its representation in the National Council. The centre-right Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) also failed to cross the threshold for the first time since 1990, whilst the far-right nationalist Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) entered parliament for the first time.