2023 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Slovakia on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council.

2023 Slovak parliamentary election
Slovakia
30 September 2023
All 150 seats in the National Council
PartyLeader Current seats
National Council
OĽaNO Igor Matovič 20
Smer–SSD Robert Fico 27
We Are Family Boris Kollár 17
SaS Richard Sulík 12
Hlas–SD Peter Pellegrini 11
ĽSNS Marian Kotleba 7
KÚ Anna Záborská 5
Republic Milan Uhrík 5
For the People Veronika Remišová 4
Život–NS Tomáš Taraba 3
NOVA Gábor Grendel 2
ZZ Ján Budaj 1
OKS Ondrej Dostál 1
PS Michal Šimečka 1
Democrats Eduard Heger 12
Incumbent Prime Minister
Ľudovít Ódor (acting)
Independent

The 2020 Slovak parliamentary election resulted in a coalition government led by the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities movement. On 15 December 2022 the Slovak government lost a no-confidence vote,[1] and a snap election in 2023 was demanded by the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová, and the opposition.[2] The last snap election in Slovakia was in 2012.

Composition of the National Council

At the first parliamentary session on 20 March 2020, 6 parliamentary groups were established: OĽaNO, Smer, We Are Family, ĽSNS, SaS and For the People.

Group Party Ideology Leader Deputies
Elected 2020 Incumbent 2023
OĽaNO OĽaNO
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities		 Conservatism Igor Matovič
43 / 150
20 / 150
KÚ
Christian Union		 Christian right Anna Záborská
5 / 150
5 / 150
NOVA Conservatism Gábor Grendel
2 / 150
2 / 150
Smer Smer
Smer – Social Democracy		 Left-wing populism Robert Fico
38 / 150
27 / 150
We Are Family We Are Family Right-wing populism Boris Kollár
17 / 150
17 / 150
SaS SaS
Freedom and Solidarity		 Liberalism Richard Sulík
11 / 150
18 / 150
OKS
Civic Conservative Party		 Liberal conservatism Ondrej Dostál
2 / 150
2 / 150
Hlas[lower-alpha 1]
Hlas – Social Democracy		 Social democracy Peter Pellegrini
11 / 150
ĽSNS[lower-alpha 2]
People's Party Our Slovakia		 Neo-Nazism Marian Kotleba
14 / 150
7 / 150
Republic[lower-alpha 3] National conservatism Milan Uhrík
5 / 150
For the People[lower-alpha 4] Liberal conservatism Veronika Remišová
12 / 150
3 / 150
Change from Below[lower-alpha 5] Liberal conservatism Ján Budaj
3 / 150
3 / 150
Život[lower-alpha 6]
Život – National Party		 Christian right Tomáš Taraba
3 / 150
3 / 150
PS[lower-alpha 7]
Progressive Slovakia		 Social liberalism Michal Šimečka
1 / 150
Demokrati[lower-alpha 8]
Democrats		 Liberal conservatism Eduard Heger
12 / 150

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election
This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election § Graphical summary.[edit]
A LOESS graph displaying the polls for the next Slovak parliamentary election.

Notes
  1. In June 2020, 11 deputies elected for Smer left its parliamentary group to found Hlas.
  2. In April 2022, ĽSNS parliamentary group dissolved after it fell below the required threshold of 8 deputies.
  3. In January 2021, 5 deputies elected for ĽSNS left its parliamentary group to found Republic.
  4. In September 2021, For the People parliamentary group dissolved after it fell below the required threshold of 8 deputies.
  5. In December 2022, Change from Below terminated its alliance with OĽaNO and its 3 deputies elected on a joint list left OĽaNO parliamentary group.
  6. In May 2020, Život terminated its alliance with ĽSNS and its 3 deputies elected on a joint list left ĽSNS parliamentary group.
  7. In March 2021, a deputy elected for For the People left its parliamentary group to join PS
  8. In February 2021, a deputy elected for For the People left its parliamentary group to join the SPOLU/Blue Coalition.

References
  1. Janiček, Karel (15 December 2022). "Slovak coalition government collapses after losing no-confidence vote in parliament". PBS. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. "Slovak leader sets framework for early election after coalition government collapses". PBS. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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