Common Choice (''Spoločná voľba'') was an election union in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

from 1994 to 1997. Members were the post-communist '' Party of the Democratic Left'' (''SDL''), the ''

Social Democratic Party of Slovakia The Social Democratic Party of Slovakia ( sk, Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska, SDSS) was a centre-left political party in Slovakia. Its last chairman, since 1993, was , and its chairman in 1992 was Alexander Dubček. Czechoslovakia (unt ...

'' (''SDSS''), the minor ''Farmers' Movement'', the '' Slovak Green Party'' and the minor ''Left Bloc''. The ''SDSS'' did not get into the Slovak parliament in 1992, which was the reason they joined the ''Common Choice''. ''Common Choice'' gained 10.18% (18 seats) in the Slovak parliament. This was beneath all expectations. They were in opposition against Mečiar's third government. In 1997, the SDĽ pledged to support the government of

Vladimír Mečiar Vladimír Mečiar (; born 26 July 1942) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia three times, from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1998. He was the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democr ...

while the ''SDSS'' focussed themselves on the other opposition parties and later joined the

Slovak Democratic Coalition The Slovak Democratic Coalition ( sk, Slovenská demokratická koalícia, SDK) was a political party in Slovakia, which existed from 1998 to 2002. SDK coalition The SDK was founded on 3 July 1997 as an electoral coalition, from the five politic ...

. Because of this rift, the ''Common Choice'' failed and split into different factions.Ebenda.

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