1992 Slovak parliamentary election

1992 Slovak parliamentary election

5–6 June 1992
All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.17% ( 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 7 13 Popular vote 1,148,625 453,203 273,945 Percentage 37.3% 14.7% 8.9% Swing New 1.4 pp 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 7 0 Popular vote 244,527 228,885 Percentage 7.9% 7.4% Swing 6.0 pp 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

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
	Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (EGY–MKDM/MKDH)	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy	Centre-right	Béla Bugár

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	1,148,625	37.26	New	74	New
	Party of the Democratic Left	453,203	14.70	+1.35	29	+7
	Christian Democratic Movement	273,945	8.89	–10.32	18	–13
	Slovak National Party	244,527	7.93	–6.01	15	–7
	Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement–Coexistence	228,885	7.42	–1.24	14	0
	Civic Democratic Union	124,503	4.04	New	0	New
	Social Democratic Party of Slovakia	123,426	4.00	New	0	New
	Democratic Party–Civic Democratic Party	102,058	3.31	–1.09	0	–7
	Slovak Christian Democratic Movement	94,162	3.05	New	0	New
	Hungarian Civic Party	70,689	2.29	New	0	New
	Party of Greens in Slovakia	66,010	2.14	–1.35	0	–6
	Party of Greens	33,372	1.08	New	0	New
	Party of Labour and Security	29,818	0.97	New	0	New
	Communist Party of Slovakia – 91	23,349	0.76	New	0	New
	Roma Civic Initiative	18,343	0.60	New	0	New
	Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia	10,069	0.33	+0.12	0	0
	Slovak Party of Freedom–Party of National Unification	9,414	0.31	New	0	New
	Slovak People's Party	9,129	0.30	New	0	New
	Movement for Civil Freedom	7,169	0.23	New	0	New
	Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	3,986	0.13	New	0	New
	Movement for Social Justice	3,411	0.11	New	0	New
	National Liberals	2,500	0.08	New	0	New
	Movement for Freedom of Speech–Slovak Republican Union	2,103	0.07	New	0	New
Total		3,082,696	100.00	–	150	0
Valid votes		3,082,696	97.11
Invalid/blank votes		91,740	2.89
Total votes		3,174,436	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,770,073	84.20
Source: University of Essex

External links

• 1992 Elections Statistical Office of Slovakia