2016 Slovak parliamentary election

2016 Slovak parliamentary election
5 March 2016
All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.38% ( 0.48 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Robert Fico Richard Sulík Igor Matovič
Party Smer SaS OĽaNO–NOVA
Last election 83 seats, 44.4% 11 seats, 5.9% 16 seats, 8.6%
Seats won 49 21 19
Seat change 34 10 3
Popular vote 737,481 315,558 287,611
Percentage 28.3% 12.1% 11.0%
Swing 16.1 pp 6.2 pp 2.4 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Andrej Danko Marian Kotleba Boris Kollár
Party SNS ĽSNS We Are Family
Last election 0 seats, 4.6% 0 seats, 1.6% Did not exist
Seats won 15 14 11
Seat change 15 14 New
Popular vote 225,386 209,779 172,860
Percentage 8.6% 8.0% 6.6%
Swing 4.0 pp 6.4 pp New
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Béla Bugár Radoslav Procházka
Party Most–Híd Network
Last election 13 seats, 6.9% Did not exist
Seats won 11 10
Seat change 2 New
Popular vote 169,593 146,205
Percentage 6.5% 5.6%
Swing 0.4 pp New
Results by district
Prime Minister before election

Robert Fico
Smer

Elected Prime Minister

Robert Fico
Smer

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ–DS), which led the government between 2000–06 and 2010–12, was defeated heavily, failing to cross the electoral threshold and losing its representation in the National Council. The centre-right Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) also failed to cross the threshold for the first time since 1990, whilst the far-right nationalist Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) entered parliament for the first time.

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