electionstracker

Slovakia 2002 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2002 parliamentary election in Slovakia?

People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia won 36 of 150 seats with 19.5% of the vote. 70.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Slovakia
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia won 36 of 150 seats with 19.5% of the vote; 70.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 14.2 points on 1998.

  • People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 36 −7 seats 19.5% −7.5 points
  • Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 28 15.1%
  • Direction – Social Democracy 25 13.5%
  • Hungarian Coalition 20 +5 seats 11.2% +2.0 points
  • Christian Democratic Movement 15 8.3%
  • Alliance of the New Citizen 15 8.0%
  • Communist Party of Slovakia 11 +11 seats 6.3% +3.5 points
  • True Slovak National Party 0 3.6%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Slovakia 1998 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 19.5%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia

    People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia won 36 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Party of Slovakia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1998. Party of the Democratic Left lost 23 seats.

  3. 70.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 14.2 points on 1998.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia36−719.5−7.5560,691
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party2815.1433,953
Direction – Social Democracy2513.5387,100
Hungarian Coalition20+511.2+2.0321,069
Christian Democratic Movement158.3237,202
Alliance of the New Citizen158.0230,309
Communist Party of Slovakia11+116.3+3.5181,872
True Slovak National Party03.6105,084
Slovak National Party0−143.3−5.895,633
Movement for Democracy03.394,324
Social Democratic Alternative01.851,649
Party of the Democratic Left0−231.4−13.339,163

± is the change against the Slovakia 1998 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 560,691
  • Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 433,953
  • Direction – Social Democracy 387,100
  • Hungarian Coalition 321,069
  • Christian Democratic Movement 237,202
  • Alliance of the New Citizen 230,309
  • Communist Party of Slovakia 181,872
  • True Slovak National Party 105,084
  • Slovak National Party 95,633
  • Movement for Democracy 94,324
  • Social Democratic Alternative 51,649
  • Party of the Democratic Left 39,163

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

70.0% of the 4,157,802 registered voters cast a ballot (2,909,998 ballots), down 14.2 points on 1998. 2,875,081 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia19.5% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party15.1% of votes18.7% of seats
  • Direction – Social Democracy13.5% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Hungarian Coalition11.2% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Movement8.3% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Alliance of the New Citizen8.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Slovakia6.3% of votes7.3% of seats
  • True Slovak National Party3.6% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Slovak National Party3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Movement for Democracy3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.9 by votes and 6.1 by seats; People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia led Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party by 4.4 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of