This article lists political parties in Slovakia.

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 ...

has a democratic

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with numerous political parties, established after the

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in 1989 and shaped into the present form with Slovakia's

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in 1993. Since 1989 there has been altogether 236 registered political parties in the country, 61 are active as of March 2012. In the Slovak political system usually no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments, an exception being the parliamentary elections in 2012.

Active political parties

Parties with representation in the National Council

Parliamentary parties serving as non-affiliated

Extra-parliamentary parties

Inactive and cancelled political parties

Parties in liquidation

There are dozens of political parties currently in the process of being liquidated.

Defunct parties (1989 – present)

* Agrarian Countryside Party (''Agrárna Strana Vidieka'') - founded in 2003. Dissolved in 2022. *

Alliance of the New Citizen The Alliance of the New Citizen (, ANO) was a liberal political party in Slovakia existing from 2001 to 2011. The acronym was a pun on ''áno'', Slovak for "yes". It was founded and led by media entrepreneur Pavol Rusko. The party positioned itsel ...

(''Aliancia nového občana'') – founded in 2001, government participation between 2002–05, extra-parliamentary since 2006, inactive in the late-2000s, legally succeeded by the 'Free Word Party of Nora Mojsejová' in 2011 and IDEA since 2013 *Christian People's Party (''Kresťanská ľudová strana'', KLS) - founded in 1998. Dissolved in 2018. * Civic Democratic Union (''Občianska demokratická únia'') - arose in 1991, its members are now in the Democratic Party and the small

Civic Conservative Party The Civic Conservative Party ( sk, Občianska konzervatívna strana, OKS) is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has two seats in the National Council, following the 2020 election. It has also representation at ...

(''Občianska konzervatívna strana'') *Civic Liberals (''Občianski liberáli'') - founded in 2004. Dissolved in 2020. *

Conservative Democrats of Slovakia The Conservative Democrats of Slovakia ( sk, Konzervatívni demokrati Slovenska, KDS) is a defunct Slovak political party established by four MPs ( František Mikloško, Vladimír Palko, Rudolf Bauer and Pavol Minárik) who belonged to the Chris ...

(''Konzervatívni demokrati Slovenska'') - Dissolved in 2014. * Democratic Union (''Demokratická únia'') - in the government between 1998 and 2002, now part of the

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*Direct Democracy (''Priama Demokracia'') - founded in 2008. Until 2013 it was named New Slovak Alternative, Civic-Liberal Party. Dissolved in 2022. *European Democratic Party (''Európska Demokratická Strana'') - founded in 2006. Dissolved in 2019. *

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(''Strana zelených'') - Dissolved in 2022. *

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- founded in 1990. Leader was Rudolf Pardubský. Until 2006 the party was named Party of National Prosperity. Dissolved in 2017. *

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(''Zelená vlna'') - founded in 2009. Dissolved in 2017. *

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(''VLASŤ'') - founded in 2011. Until 2019 it was named Civic Party TODAY. Dissolved in 2021. *Law and Justice (''Právo a spravodlivosť'') - founded in 2011. Leader was Peter Puškár. Dissolved in 2017. *Left Bloc (''Ľavicový blok'') - merged into

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in 2007/2008 *

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- Formerly People's Union, the party split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) in 2003. Dissolved in 2021. *Magnificat Slovakia - fonded in 2012. Leader was Anton Selecký. The party is affiliated with the Christian

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''OZ Magnificat Slovakia''. Dissolved in 2016. *Modern Slovak Society (''Slovenská moderná spoločnosť'') - founded in 2001 as Independent Party of the Unemployed. Dissolved in 2017. * Most-Híd - merged into

Alliance (Slovak political party) The Alliance (; ; commonly styled as Aliancia–Szövetség or Szövetség–Aliancia) is a political party in Slovakia that was founded by merging three political parties representing the Hungarian minority: the Party of the Hungarian Community, ...

in 2021. *

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(''Nová Demokracia'') - The party split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2009. Leader was Tibor Mikuš. Dissolved in 2016. *

Party of Civic Understanding The Party of Civic Understanding ( sk, Strana občianskeho porozumenia, SOP) was a centre-left political party in Slovakia between 1998 and 2003. Between 1998 and 2002 the party was part of the coalition government led by Mikuláš Dzurinda, with t ...

(''Strana občianskeho porozumenia'', SOP) - in the government between 1998 and 2002 * Party of the Democratic Left (''Strana demokratickej ľavice'') - before 2002, arose in 1990 from the

Communist Party of Slovakia The Communist Party of Slovakia ( sk, Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia. The party is observer ...

* Party of the Democratic Left (''Strana demokratickej ľavice, SDĽ'') - Dissolved in 2015. *

Party of the Hungarian Community The Party of the Hungarian Community ( hu, Magyar Közösség Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej komunity; SMK-MKP), formerly known as Party of the Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej koalície), was a politi ...

- merged into

in 2021. * Party of Patriots (''Strana patriotov'') - founded in 2010. Dissolved in 2018. *

Public against Violence Public Against Violence ( sk, Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement established in Bratislava, Slovakia in November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum. Velvet Revolution Public Against Violence (VPN) ...

(''Verejnosť proti násiliu'') - the first party after the fall of the Communists in late 1989, ceased in 1991, split into the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) and the Civic Democratic Union (''Občianska demokratická únia, ODU''). *Roma initiative of Slovakia (''Rómska iniciatíva Slovenska'') - founded in 1996. Until 2000 the party was named Roma Intelligence for Co-Habitation in the Slovak Republic. Dissolved in 2022. *

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 ...

(''Slovenská demokratická koalícia'') - in existence from 1997 (as a coalition) / 1998 (as a party) to (?)2001, in the government from 1998 to 2001 * Slovak Green Party (''Strana zelených Slovenska'') - Dissolved in 2022. *Slovak league (''Slovenská liga'') - founded in 2005 as Socialists. From 2005 to 2011 it was named Party of Civil Solidarity. From 2011 to 2019 it was named New Parliament. Dissolved in 2022. * Social Democratic Alternative (''Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva'') *

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 ...

(''Sociálnodemokratická strana Slovenska'') - arose in 1990, see also

Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (; 27 November 1921 – 7 November 1992) was a Slovak politician who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (''de facto'' leader of Czechoslovak ...

True Slovak National Party The True Slovak National Party, also translated as Real Slovak National Party or Right Slovak National Party ( sk, Pravá Slovenská národná strana), was a minor extreme far-right political party in Slovakia. At the 20 and 21 September 2002 legi ...

(''Pravá Slovenská národná strana'') - Founded by

Ján Slota Ján Slota (born 14 September 1953) is the co-founder and former president of the Slovak National Party,Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party ( sk, Slovenská národná strana, SNS) is a nationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and the European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won ...

(SNS) by

Anna Belousovová Anna Belousovová (; born 8 August 1959) is a Slovakia, Slovak politician and a former Deputy Speaker of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council of Slovakia. Political career In 1990 Anna Belousovová became a founding member of the S ...

(at that time called Anna Malíková), the two parties re-merged in 2005 after both failing to get seats in the

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. *

Union of the Workers of Slovakia The Union of the Workers of Slovakia ( sk, Združenie robotníkov Slovenska, ZRS) was a radical-left party in Slovakia. History The Union of the Workers of Slovakia (Združenie robotníkov Slovenska, ZRS) split from the Party of the Democratic ...

(''druženie robotníkov Slovenska'') - Founded by in 1994 after split from the Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) by . Part of the government between 1994 and 1998, The party dissolved in November 2017. *United Slovakia (''Jednotné Slovensko'') - founded in 2000. Dissloved in 2018. *We are Doing It for the Children - Free Forum - Dissolved in 2016. * We Have Had Enough! (''Máme toho dosť!'') - Dissolved in 2022.

Political parties in Slovakia (1948–1989)

Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) The Communist Party of Slovakia ( sk, Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) was a communist party in Slovakia. It was formed in May 1939, when the Slovak Republic was created, as the Slovak branches of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) ...

- leading force between 1948 and 1989 *

Party of Slovak Revival Party of Slovak Revival ( sk, Strana slovenskej obrody, SSO) was a political party founded in 1948 by pro-Communist members of the Slovak Democratic Party. It was accepted into the Czechoslovak National Front and got 17 seats in the Slovak parl ...

(''Strana slovenskej obrody'') - arose in 1948 from the Democratic Party (see above, see also

National Front (Czechoslovakia) The National Front (in Czech language, Czech: ''Národní fronta'', in Slovak language, Slovak: ''Národný front'') was political coalition created in 1943 serving as united front of political parties for liberation of Czechoslovakia, after 1948 ...

), ceased in late 1989 when the new Democratic Party was founded (see above)

Political parties in Slovakia (1945–1948)

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(''Demokratická strana'') - an important party between 1944 and 1948, a new DS arose in 1989, since January 2006 part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party * Freedom Party (''Strana slobody'') - Christian Republican party led by

Vavro Šrobár Vavrinec Ján Šrobár, known as Vavro Šrobár (9 August 1867 – 6 December 1950) was a Slovak doctor and politician. He was a major figure in Slovak politics in the interwar period. Šrobár played an important role in the creation of Czec ...

. * Labour Party (''Strana práce'') - formed by Social Democrats who opposed cooperation with the Communist Party.

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