Slovak Parliamentary Election, 1994
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Parliamentary elections were held 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 ...
on 30 September and 1 October 1994. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 The early elections were necessary after the
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 ...
1992 government had been recalled in March 1994 by the National Council and a new temporary government under
Jozef Moravčík Jozef Moravčík (born 19 March 1945) is a Slovak diplomat and political figure A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and crea ...
had been created at the same time. The governing Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) lost seats, but remained the largest party in the National Council with over three times as many seats as the second-placed Common Choice, a left-wing alliance, which almost failed to enter the parliament despite its good performance in pre-election opinion polls. After the election, the HZDS formed a coalition with the
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 ...
and the
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 ...
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