Slovak parliamentary election, 2006

  • SMER: 50
  • SDKÚ: 31
  • KDH: 14
  • HZDS: 15
  • SMK: 20
  • SNS: 20

The early parliamentary election in Slovakia in 2006, the National Council was held on 17 June 2006. There were to be awarded 150 seats.

The left- wing populist party SMER - SD came out with 29 % and a third of the seats as the winner of the election and was able to establish with 25 seats more than in the 2002 election, clearly. The nationalist -oriented parties SNS and HZDS - ĽS were able to reach 35 seats. The previous ruling bourgeois parties were unable to keep their majority, since one of the coalition parties, the Alliance of the New Citizen ( ANO ), the failed 5 % threshold and they received only 65 seats in the final result.

The new government under Robert Fico was born 17 days after the election.

  • 5.1 election result

Prehistory

The ruling since 2002 second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda received in 2005 problems, as the Alliance of New Citizens ( Aliancia Nového občana, ANO ) and part of the deputies of the SDKU -DS bourgeois coalition left because of disputes. This led to a 10 -day parliamentary crisis in September 2005. In February 2006, the KDH arbitration after a dispute over supplements as part of an international treaty between Slovakia and the Vatican from. Thus, early elections were necessary; instead of the planned regular appointment (16 September 2006) had to be held on 17 June 2006, the choice therefore.

Electoral system

The National Council was elected under the proportional method. There was a minimum threshold of 5 % for individual parties for a coalition of two or three parties, and 7% for four or more parties 10%. The legislature was 4 years.

Choice advertiser parties and candidates

It is presented with a total of 21 political parties in 2352 to 4.27 million candidates Slovak electorate.

Direction - Social Democracy ( SMER -SD)

The social democratic SMER - SD, led by Robert Fico turned strongly against the reforms of the previously ruling coalition. Individual actions should be reversed. To the progression was provided in the control system. Economic growth should continue, but so that it zugutekam to the poor and not just the rich.

Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party ( SDKU -DS)

The previously co-governing liberal-conservative SDKU -DS with Premier Mikuláš Dzurinda wanted to continue the already started reforms. Slovakia should be further developed with a knowledge-based economy. Their main topics in the coming legislative period were education, justice and security. Similarly, reduction of bureaucracy and a further reduction of non-wage costs were provided.

Slovak National Party (SNS )

The nationalist SNS Ján Slota with as party leaders campaigned among other things for the reintroduction of the death penalty. You stated the " occupation of Slovakia by Hungary " and did not want to deprive adaptable Roma parents custody of their children. It positioned itself clearly against the Hungarian minority. Your program aimed primarily at the protest voters and the so-called " ordinary people " from.

Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK -MKP )

The Christian Democratic SMK -MKP campaigned for a temperate, especially regionally - accented minority political program for those living in southern Slovakia Hungary. Under the chairman Béla Bugár they belonged to total Slovakian level to the most important liberal reform forces.

Surveys

Choice

The turnout was 54.67 %, continuing the downward trend of the past election season continues. Thus, only one in two of its voting made ​​use.

In contrast to the previous parliamentary elections and voters abroad could vote by mail ( absentee ballot ) and held two election days there was only one.

Election result

The election ended in a clear victory for the party's direction -. Social Democracy ( SMER -SD), which thus received all the 50 seats, twice as many as in 2002, the year before reunified Slovak National Party (SNS ) could get 20 seats and moved to four years back into a parliament. The bourgeois parties Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party ( SDKU -DS), Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK -MKP ) and Christian Democratic Movement (KDH ) remained relatively stable, but the Alliance of the New Citizen ( ANO ) failed due to the 5 % threshold, so that the old coalition could not be renewed. Also founded by former members of SDKU -DS Free forum was unsuccessful. Although the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS - ĽS ) later became part of the new coalition, they suffered the highest losses ( 21 seats less than in 2002 ) and continued the downward trend. The Communists had the parliament after four years of leave.

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