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Slovakia 2020 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2020 parliamentary election in Slovakia?

Ordinary People and Independent won 53 of 150 seats with 25.0% of the vote. 65.8% 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 : Ordinary People and Independent won 53 of 150 seats with 25.0% of the vote; 65.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.0 points on 2016.

  • Ordinary People and Independent 53 +34 seats 25.0% +14.0 points
  • Direction – Social Democracy 38 −11 seats 18.3% −10.0 points
  • We Are Family 17 +6 seats 8.2% +1.6 points
  • People's Party Our Slovakia 17 +3 seats 8.0% −0.1 points
  • Progressive Slovakia 0 7.0%
  • Freedom and Solidarity 13 −8 seats 6.2% −5.9 points
  • For the People 12 5.8%
  • Christian Democratic Movement 0 0 seats 4.7% −0.3 points
  • 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 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 25.0%

    Share of the vote won by Ordinary People and Independent and its allies

    Ordinary People and Independent and its allies won 53 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by We Are Family

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Slovak National Party lost 15 seats.

  3. 65.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 6.0 points on 2016.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Ordinary People and Independentwith Change from the Bottom, DU, Christian Union and New Majority53+3425.0+14.0721,166
Direction – Social Democracy38−1118.3−10.0527,172
We Are Family17+68.2+1.6237,531
People's Party Our Slovakia17+38.0−0.1229,600
Progressive Slovakia07.0200,780
Freedom and Solidarity13−86.2−5.9179,246
For the People125.8166,325
Christian Democratic Movement004.7−0.3134,099
Hungarian Coalition003.9−0.1112,662
Slovak National Party0−153.2−5.591,171
Good Choice03.188,220
Homeland02.984,507
Most–Híd0−112.0−4.559,174
TOGETHER -- Civic Democracy0

± is the change against the Slovakia 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Ordinary People and Independent 721,166
  • Direction – Social Democracy 527,172
  • We Are Family 237,531
  • People's Party Our Slovakia 229,600
  • Progressive Slovakia 200,780
  • Freedom and Solidarity 179,246
  • For the People 166,325
  • Christian Democratic Movement 134,099
  • Hungarian Coalition 112,662
  • Slovak National Party 91,171
  • Good Choice 88,220
  • Homeland 84,507
  • Most–Híd 59,174
  • TOGETHER -- Civic Democracy

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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

65.8% of the 4,432,419 registered voters cast a ballot (2,916,840 ballots), up 6.0 points on 2016. 2,881,511 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2002 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Ordinary People and Independent25.0% of votes35.3% of seats
  • Direction – Social Democracy18.3% of votes25.3% of seats
  • We Are Family8.2% of votes11.3% of seats
  • People's Party Our Slovakia8.0% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Freedom and Solidarity6.2% of votes8.7% of seats
  • For the People5.8% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Progressive Slovakia7.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Movement4.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Hungarian Coalition3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Slovak National Party3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Good Choice3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Homeland2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.8 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Ordinary People and Independent led Direction – Social Democracy by 6.7 points of the vote.

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