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1992 Slovak parliamentary election

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1992 Slovak parliamentary election

← 1990 5–6 June 1992 1994 →

All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.17% (Decrease 11.22 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Ján Čarnogurský
Party HZDS SDĽ KDH
Last election Did not exist 22 seats, 13.4% 31 seats, 19.2%
Seats won 74 29 18
Seat change New Increase 7 Decrease 13
Popular vote 1,148,625 453,203 273,945
Percentage 37.3% 14.7% 8.9%
Swing New Increase 1.4 pp Decrease 10.3 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jozef Prokeš Béla Bugár
Party SNS MKDM/MKDH
Alliance MKDM/MKDH–EGY
Last election 22 seats, 13.9% 14 seats, 8.7%
Seats won 15 14
Seat change Decrease 7 Steady 0
Popular vote 244,527 228,885
Percentage 7.9% 7.4%
Swing Decrease 6.0 pp Decrease 1.2 pp

Results of the election by municipalities

Prime Minister before election

Ján Čarnogurský
KDH

Elected Prime Minister

Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992 alongside federal elections. The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats in the National Council and forming a minority government under Vladimír Mečiar. The threshold had been raised from 3% (for the Slovak parliamentary election in 1990) to 5%.

In 1993, the Slovak National Party joined the government led by Prime Minister Mečiar. After a number of MPs left both parties of the ruling coalition, the Mečiar cabinet was brought down by a vote of non-confidence in March 1994. A coalition led by Jozef Moravčík, the former Czechoslovak and Slovak Foreign Minister, led the country to early elections.

Contesting parties

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Party Ideology Political position Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Slovak nationalism
Populism
Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar
Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Centre-left Peter Weiss
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Centre-right Ján Čarnogurský
Slovak National Party (SNS) Slovak nationalism
Right-wing populism
Far-right Jozef Prokeš
CoexistenceHungarian Christian Democratic Movement (EGY–MKDM/MKDH) Hungarian minority interests
Christian democracy
Centre-right Béla Bugár

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia1,148,62537.26New74New
Party of the Democratic Left453,20314.70+1.3529+7
Christian Democratic Movement273,9458.89–10.3218–13
Slovak National Party244,5277.93–6.0115–7
Hungarian Christian Democratic MovementCoexistence228,8857.42–1.24140
Civic Democratic Union124,5034.04New0New
Social Democratic Party of Slovakia123,4264.00New0New
Democratic PartyCivic Democratic Party102,0583.31–1.090–7
Slovak Christian Democratic Movement94,1623.05New0New
Hungarian Civic Party70,6892.29New0New
Party of Greens in Slovakia66,0102.14–1.350–6
Party of Greens33,3721.08New0New
Party of Labour and Security29,8180.97New0New
Communist Party of Slovakia – 9123,3490.76New0New
Roma Civic Initiative18,3430.60New0New
Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia10,0690.33+0.1200
Slovak Party of Freedom–Party of National Unification9,4140.31New0New
Slovak People's Party9,1290.30New0New
Movement for Civil Freedom7,1690.23New0New
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia3,9860.13New0New
Movement for Social Justice3,4110.11New0New
National Liberals2,5000.08New0New
Movement for Freedom of Speech–Slovak Republican Union2,1030.07New0New
Total3,082,696100.001500
Valid votes3,082,69697.11
Invalid/blank votes91,7402.89
Total votes3,174,436100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,770,07384.20
Source: University of Essex
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