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President: Zuzana Čaputová · Prime Minister: Robert Fico (SMER-SSD) · Governing parties: SMER-SSD, HLAS-SD, SNS
Legislative elections: National Council, 4-year term, 150 seats, 5% threshold (combined lists 7%), party-list PR:

   2023 2020 2016 2012

Party

Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Smer-Slovenska Sociálna Demokracia (SMER-SSD)
Direction-Slovak Social Democracy
Social democracy
Left-wing populism
22,9 42 18,3 38 28,3 19 44,4 83
Progresívne Slovensko (PS)
Progressive Slovakia (a)
Liberalism    18,0 32 7,0 - - - - -
Hlas-Sociálna Demokracia (HLAS-SD)
Voice-Social Democracy
Social democracy  14,7 27 - - - - - -
Obyčajní Ľudia a Nezávislé Osobnosti (OĽANO)
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (b)
Conservatism 8,9 16 25,0 53 11,0 19 8,6 16
Kresťanskodemokratické Hnutie (KDH)
Christian Democratic Movement
Christian democracy
Social conservatism 
6,8 12 4,7 - 4,9 - 8,8 16
Sloboda a Solidarita (SAS)
Freedom and Solidarity
Liberalism
Libertarianism
Euroscepticism
6,3 11 6,2 13 12,1 21 5,9 11
Slovenská Národná Strana (SNS)
Slovak National Party
National conservatism 5,6 10 3,2 - 8,6 15 4,6 -
Republika (REP)
Republic
Nationalism 4,8 - - - - - - -
Szövetség-Aliancia (S-A)
Alliance
Minority interests (HU)
Conservatism  
4,4 - - - - - - -
Demokrati (D)
Democrats (c)
Liberal conservatism    2,9 - PS - - - - -
Sme Rodina (SR)
We Are Family (d)
Social conservatism
National conservatism           
2,2 - 8,2 17 6,6 11 - -
Kotlebovci-Ľudová Strana Naše Slovensko (ĽSNS)
Kotleba's People-People's Party Our Slovakia (e)  
Nationalism
Far-right politics
0,8 - 8,0 17 8,0 14 1,6 -
Slovenská Demokratická a Krestanská Únia (SDKU-DS)
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
0,0 - - - 0,3 - 6,1 11
Za Ľudí (ZA ĽUDÍ)
For the People
Liberalism OĽANO (1) 5,8 12 - - - -
Občianska Konzervatívna Strana (OKS)
Civic Conservative Party
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
SAS (1) SAS (2) SAS (1) - -
Strana Madarskej Komunity-Magyar Közösség Pártja (SMK-MKP) 
Party of the Hungarian Community (f)
Minority interests (HU)
Conservatism  
- - 3,9 - 4,0 - 4,3 -
Most-Híd (MOST-HÍD)
Bridge
Minority interests (HU)
Liberal conservatism  
- - 2,1 - 6,5 11 6,9 13
Siet (SIET)
Network
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
- - - - 5,6 10 - -
Others 1,7 - 7,6 - 4,1 - 8,8 -
Total - 150 - 150 - 150 - 150
Turnout 68,5 65,8 59,8 59,1

© 2023 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commision (www.volbysr.sk).  For full coverage, click here (1990-present). Notes: (a) 2020: Progressive Slovakia-Together-Civic Democracy (PS-SPOLU); (b) 2016: Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽANO-NOVA); 2020: Ordinary People and Independent Personalities-New-Christian Union-Change from Below (OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ); 2023: OĽANO and Friends (OĽANO); (c) 2020: Together-Civic Democracy (SPOLU); (d) 2016: We Are Family-Boris Kollár (SR); (e) 2012: People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS); (f) 2012: Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK-MKP); 2020: Hungarian Community Unity (MKÖ-MKS).