2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

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2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia
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All 14 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout1,006,351 (22.74%)
Increase 9.69 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michal Šimečka Monika Beňová Martin Beluský
Party PS / Spolu-OD Smer-SD ĽSNS
Alliance ALDE / EPP S&D APF
Last election New party 4 seats, 24.1% 0 seat, 1.7%
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 198,255 154,996 118,995
Percentage 20.11% 15.72% 12.07%
Swing Increase 20.11 Decrease 8.38 Increase 10.33
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ivan Štefanec Eugen Jurzyca Michal Šipoš
Party KDH SaS OĽaNO
Alliance EPP ECR EPP
Last election 2 seats, 10.9% 1 seat, 6.7% 1 seat, 7.5%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 95,588 94,839 51,834
Percentage 9.70% 9.62% 5.26%
Swing Decrease 3.52 Increase 2.95 Decrease 2.20

Elections for the 2019 European Parliament election took place in Slovakia on 25 May 2019.[1] Thirty-one parties featured on the electoral list.[2] The election was won by alliance of Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER - Civic Democracy. It was the first election since 2006 that was won by some other party than Direction – Social Democracy.[3]

Main contesting parties[edit]

Name Ideology Leader
PS/Spolu-OD Progressive Slovakia-Together – Civic Democracy
Progresívne Slovensko - Spolu-občianska demokracia 		Social liberalism Michal Truban
Miroslav Beblavý
Smer-SD Direction - social democracy
Smer - sociálna demokracia 		Left-wing populism Robert Fico
ĽSNS People's Party - Our Slovakia
Ľudová strana - naše Slovensko 		Neo-nazism Marian Kotleba
KDH Christian Democratic Movement
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie 		Christian democracy Alojz Hlina
SaS Freedom and Solidarity
Sloboda a Solidarita 		Liberalism Richard Sulík
OĽaNO Ordinary people and independent personalities
Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti 		Populism Igor Matovič
SMK-MKP Party of the Hungarian Community
Strana maďarskej komunity - Magyar Közösség Pártja 		Hungarian minority interests József Menyhárt
SNS Slovak National Party
Slovenská národná strana 		National conservatism Andrej Danko
KÚ Christian union
Kresťanská únia 		Christian right Anna Záborská
SR We Are Family
Sme rodina 		Right-wing populism Boris Kollár

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Progressive Slovakia–SPOLU198,25520.11New4New
Direction – Social Democracy154,99615.72−8.383–1
People's Party Our Slovakia118,99512.07+10.332+2
Christian Democratic Movement95,5889.70−3.5220
Freedom and Solidarity94,8399.62+2.952+1
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities51,8345.26−2.2010
Party of the Hungarian Community48,9294.96−1.570–1
Slovak National Party40,3304.09+0.4800
Christian Union 37,9743.85New0New
We Are Family 31,8403.23New0New
Most–Híd25,5622.59−3.240–1
Christian Democracy – Life and Prosperity20,3742.07New0New
CORRECTION - Andrej Hryc8,4600.86New0New
Slovak Green Party7,8450.80New0New
National Coalition7,1450.72–0.7700
Communist Party of Slovakia–VZDOR6,1990.63–0.8900
Good Home6,1240.62New0New
Democratic Party5,0920.52New0New
Transportation3,9980.41New0New
Mayors and Independent Candidates2,9760.30New0New
Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka2,9530.30New0New
Labour Party2,6570.27New0New
Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance2,2700.23+0.0200
Direct Democracy2,2220.23–0.2000
Voice of the People2,1010.21New0New
Independence and Unity2,0160.20New0New
European Democratic Party1,4520.15–0.5200
Tolerance and Coexistence Party9180.09New0New
Slovak National Unity – Patriotic Party6210.06New0New
Slovak Conservative Party6030.06New0New
Party of the Roma Coalition5120.05New0New
Total985,680100.00–14+1
Valid votes985,68097.95
Invalid/blank votes20,6712.05
Total votes1,006,351100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,429,80122.72
Source: Volby
Popular vote
PS-Spolu
 
 20.11%
Smer-SD
 
 15.72%
ĽSNS
 
 12.07%
KDH
 
 9.70%
SaS
 
 9.62%
OĽaNO
 
 5.26%
SMK-MKP
 
 4.96%
SNS
 
 4.09%
KÚ
 
 3.85%
SR
 
 3.23%


European groups[edit]

European group Seats 2014 Seats 2019 Change
European People's Party EPP 6 5 1 Decrease
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D 4 3 1 Decrease
European Conservatives and Reformists ECR 2 2 0 Steady
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ALDE 1 2 1 Increase
Non-Inscrits NI 0 2 2 Increase
13 14
Seat distribution

Elected members[edit]

PS – ALDE

  1. Michal Šimečka, by 81,735 preferential votes
  2. Martin Hojsík, by 27,549 preferential votes

SPOLU – EPP

  1. Michal Wiezik, by 29,998 preferential votes (now he is member of PS and Renew Europe)
  2. Vladimír Bilčík, by 26,202 preferential votes

Smer – S&D

  1. Monika Beňová, by 89,472 preferential votes
  2. Miroslav Číž, by 51,362 preferential votes
  3. Robert Hajšel, by 13,773 preferential votes

ĽSNS – APF

  1. Milan Uhrík, by 42,779 preferential votes (now he is leader of movement Republika)
  2. Miroslav Radačovský, by 42,276 preferential votes (now he is leader of Slovak patriot)

KDH – EPP

  1. Ivan Štefanec, by 33,128 preferential votes
  2. Miriam Lexmann, by 27,833 preferential votes

SaS – AECR

  1. Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, by 52,331 preferential votes (now she left SaS and she became independent on slovak national level, on EU level she became member of Renew Europe)
  2. Eugen Jurzyca, by 33,540 preferential votes

OĽaNO – EPP

  1. Peter Pollák, by 23,815 preferential votes
Slovakia (14)
Michal Šimečka RE
Michal Wiezik EPP
Martin Hojsík RE
Vladimír Bilčík EPP
Monika Beňová S&D
Miroslav Číž S&D
Robert Hajšel S&D
Milan Uhrík NI
Miroslav Radačovský NI
Ivan Štefanec EPP
Miriam Lexmann EPP
Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová ECR
Eugen Jurzyca ECR
Peter Pollák EPP

Post-election changes of Europarties[edit]

On 5 June, Peter Pollák announced that he is switching from AECR to EPP.[4]

Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová switched from ECR to Renew Europe.

Michal Wiezik switched from EPP to Renew Europe.

EPP S&D RE ECR G–EFA GUE/NGL ID Non-inscrits
4 3 4 1 0 0 0 2

Opinion polls[edit]

Date Polling firm Sample
size 		Smer–SD SaS OĽaNO SNS Kotleba–ĽSNS Sme Rodina Most–Híd KDH SMK-MKP KSS SZS PS PD DOPRAVA Lead
25 May 2019 Election 15.7% 9.6% 5.3% 4.1% 12.1% 3.2% 2.6% 9.7% 5.0% 0.6% 0.8% 20.1% 0.2% 0.4% 4.4%
18 April – 9 May 2019 Phoenix[5] 1,087 22.5% 14.3% 13.9% 8.1% 13.8% 12.3% 5.0% 9.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.8% 0.0% 5.2% 8.2%
1–15 March 2019 Focus[6] 1,590 21.6% 11.3% 11.0% 6.0% 12.9% 9.2% 4.0% 8.9% 3.2% 1.8% 1.1% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 8.7%

Parties[edit]

  1. SMER
  2. Kresťanská demokracia (Christian Democracy)
  3. Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia
  4. Korektúra
  5. Slovak National Party
  6. We Are Family
  7. Ordinary People
  8. Starostovia a nezávislí kandidáti
  9. Strana práce
  10. Strana tolerancie a spolunažívania
  11. Hlas ľudu
  12. Maďarská kresťanskodemokratická aliancia
  13. Doprava
  14. Christian Democratic Movement
  15. Slovak Green Party
  16. Most–Híd
  17. PRIAMA DEMOKRACIA
  18. Strana rómskej koalície - SRK
  19. Slovak Conservative Party
  20. Slovenská národná jednota
  21. Party of the Hungarian Community
  22. Doma dobre
  23. Communist Party of Slovakia and VZDOR
  24. EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA
  25. Freedom and Solidarity
  26. Slovenská ľudová strana Andreja Hlinku
  27. NAJ – Nezávislosť a Jednota
  28. Kresťanská únia
  29. Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER – Civic Democracy
  30. Demokratická strana
  31. Národná koalícia

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Európsky parlament Kancelária na Slovensku European Parliament
  2. ^ Vo voľbách do EP bude možné hlasovať za kandidátov 31 strán a koalícií Teraz
  3. ^ "Eurovolby na Slovensku: Nástup strany prezidentky Čaputové, Fico poprvé nevyhrál, Kotleba uspěl". Reflex.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ Peter Pollák sa pridáva k frakcii Európskej ľudovej strany (EPP)
  5. ^ "Prieskum: Do Európskeho parlamentu by sa dostalo 10 strán". Pravda.sk. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Gabrižová, Zuzana (Apr 2, 2019). "Prvý prieskum k eurovoľbám: Kotleba je druhý, poslancov by malo osem strán". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
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