Parliamentary elections were held in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
on 17 June 2006.
[ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 ] Direction – Social Democracy emerged as the largest party in the
National Council, winning 50 of the 150 seats. Its leader
Robert Fico was appointed
Prime Minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
on 4 July 2006, leading a three-party
centre-left
Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. Ideologies commonly associated with it include social democracy, social liberalism, progressivism, and green politics. Ideas commo ...
populist coalition.
Background
Originally the election was planned for 16 September 2006. However, on 8 February the government proposed calling an early election after the
Christian Democratic Movement left the coalition government. This proposal was passed by the Parliament on 9 February and signed by the President on 13 February. For the first time Slovak citizens living abroad could vote, using
absentee ballots. A total of 21 parties contested the elections.
[Nohlen & Stöver, pp1753-1754]
Participating parties
Results
Results by region
Aftermath
On 28 June, Fico announced that the
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
coalition would consist of his Smer-SD, together with the
SNS and
ĽS-HZDS. The
Party of European Socialists (PES) criticized this decision because of nationalist statements of the leader of the SNS and subsequently suspended Smer-SD's membership.
References
External links
Official resultsSlovak Election Data ProjectBBC coverage of election results
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Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
Parliamentary elections in Slovakia
Parliamentary election
June 2006 in Europe