2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

2019 election of members of the European parliament for Slovakia

2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

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All 14 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout| 1,006,351 (22.74%)
9.69 pp
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Leader  | Michal Šimečka | Monika Beňová | Martin Beluský
Party  | PS / Spolu-OD | Smer-SD | ĽSNS
Alliance  | ALDE / EPP | S&D | APF
Last election  | New party | 4 seats, 24.1%  | 0 seat, 1.7%
Seats won  | 4 | 3  | 2
Seat change  |  4  |  1  |  2
Popular vote  | 198,255 | 154,996  | 118,995
Percentage  | 20.11% | 15.72%  | 12.07%
Swing  |  20.11  |  8.38  |  10.33

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party

Leader  | Ivan Štefanec | Eugen Jurzyca | Michal Šipoš
Party  | KDH | SaS | OĽaNO
Alliance  | EPP | ECR | EPP
Last election  | 2 seats, 10.9%  | 1 seat, 6.7%  | 1 seat, 7.5%
Seats won  | 2  | 2  | 1
Seat change  |  |  1  |
Popular vote  | 95,588  | 94,839  | 51,834
Percentage  | 9.70%  | 9.62%  | 5.26%
Swing  |  3.52  |  2.95  |  2.20

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Results by district

Elections for the 2019 European Parliament election took place in Slovakia on 25 May 2019.[1] Thirty-one parties featured on the electoral list.[2] The election was won by alliance of Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER - Civic Democracy. It was the first election since 2006 that was won by some other party than Direction – Social Democracy.[3]

## Main contesting parties

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Name  | Ideology  | Leader

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| PS/Spolu-OD | Progressive Slovakia-Together – Civic Democracy
Progresívne Slovensko - Spolu-občianska demokracia | Social liberalism | Michal Truban
Miroslav Beblavý
| Smer-SD | Direction - social democracy
Smer - sociálna demokracia | Left-wing populism | Robert Fico
| ĽSNS | People's Party - Our Slovakia
Ľudová strana - naše Slovensko | Neo-nazism | Marian Kotleba
| KDH | Christian Democratic Movement
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie | Christian democracy | Alojz Hlina
| SaS | Freedom and Solidarity
Sloboda a Solidarita | Liberalism | Richard Sulík
| OĽaNO | Ordinary people and independent personalities
Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti | Populism | Igor Matovič
| SMK-MKP | Party of the Hungarian Community
Strana maďarskej komunity - Magyar Közösség Pártja | Hungarian minority interests | József Menyhárt
| SNS | Slovak National Party
Slovenská národná strana | National conservatism | Andrej Danko
| KÚ | Christian union
Kresťanská únia | Christian right | Anna Záborská
| SR | We Are Family
Sme rodina | Right-wing populism | Boris Kollár

## Results

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| Progressive Slovakia–SPOLU| 198,255| 20.11| New| 4| New
| Direction – Social Democracy| 154,996| 15.72| −8.38| 3| –1
| People's Party Our Slovakia| 118,995| 12.07| +10.33| 2| +2
| Christian Democratic Movement| 95,588| 9.70| −3.52| 2| 0
| Freedom and Solidarity| 94,839| 9.62| +2.95| 2| +1
| Ordinary People and Independent Personalities| 51,834| 5.26| −2.20| 1| 0
| Party of the Hungarian Community| 48,929| 4.96| −1.57| 0| –1
| Slovak National Party| 40,330| 4.09| +0.48| 0| 0
| Christian Union | 37,974| 3.85| New| 0| New
| We Are Family | 31,840| 3.23| New| 0| New
| Most–Híd| 25,562| 2.59| −3.24| 0| –1
| Christian Democracy – Life and Prosperity| 20,374| 2.07| New| 0| New
| CORRECTION - Andrej Hryc| 8,460| 0.86| New| 0| New
| Slovak Green Party| 7,845| 0.80| New| 0| New
| National Coalition| 7,145| 0.72| –0.77| 0| 0
| Communist Party of Slovakia–VZDOR| 6,199| 0.63| –0.89| 0| 0
| Good Home| 6,124| 0.62| New| 0| New
| Democratic Party| 5,092| 0.52| New| 0| New
| Transportation| 3,998| 0.41| New| 0| New
| Mayors and Independent Candidates| 2,976| 0.30| New| 0| New
| Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka| 2,953| 0.30| New| 0| New
| Labour Party| 2,657| 0.27| New| 0| New
| Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance| 2,270| 0.23| +0.02| 0| 0
| Direct Democracy| 2,222| 0.23| –0.20| 0| 0
| Voice of the People| 2,101| 0.21| New| 0| New
| Independence and Unity| 2,016| 0.20| New| 0| New
| European Democratic Party| 1,452| 0.15| –0.52| 0| 0
| Tolerance and Coexistence Party| 918| 0.09| New| 0| New
| Slovak National Unity – Patriotic Party| 621| 0.06| New| 0| New
| Slovak Conservative Party| 603| 0.06| New| 0| New
| Party of the Roma Coalition| 512| 0.05| New| 0| New
Total| 985,680| 100.00| –| 14| +1
Valid votes| 985,680| 97.95|
Invalid/blank votes| 20,671| 2.05|
Total votes| 1,006,351| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 4,429,801| 22.72|
Source: Volby

| Popular vote

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PS-Spolu |

| 20.11%
Smer-SD |

| 15.72%
ĽSNS |

| 12.07%
KDH |

| 9.70%
SaS |

| 9.62%
OĽaNO |

| 5.26%
SMK-MKP |

| 4.96%
SNS |

| 4.09%
KÚ |

| 3.85%
SR |

| 3.23%

### European groups

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European group | Seats 2014  | Seats 2019  | Change

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| European People's Party | EPP  | 6  | 5  | 1
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | S&D  | 4  | 3  | 1
| European Conservatives and Reformists | ECR  | 2  | 2  | 0
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | ALDE  | 1  | 2  | 1
| Non-Inscrits | NI  | 0  | 2  | 2
| 13  | 14  |
Seat distribution

### Elected members

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PS – ALDE

1. Michal Šimečka, by 81,735 preferential votes
2. Martin Hojsík, by 27,549 preferential votes

SPOLU – EPP

1. Michal Wiezik, by 29,998 preferential votes (now he is member of PS and Renew Europe)
2. Vladimír Bilčík, by 26,202 preferential votes

Smer – S&D

1. Monika Beňová, by 89,472 preferential votes
2. Miroslav Číž, by 51,362 preferential votes
3. Robert Hajšel, by 13,773 preferential votes

ĽSNS – APF

1. Milan Uhrík, by 42,779 preferential votes (now he is leader of movement Republika)
2. Miroslav Radačovský, by 42,276 preferential votes (now he is leader of Slovak patriot)

KDH – EPP

1. Ivan Štefanec, by 33,128 preferential votes
2. Miriam Lexmann, by 27,833 preferential votes

SaS – AECR

1. Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, by 52,331 preferential votes (now she left SaS and she became independent on slovak national level, on EU level she became member of Renew Europe)
2. Eugen Jurzyca, by 33,540 preferential votes

OĽaNO – EPP

1. Peter Pollák, by 23,815 preferential votes

Slovakia (14)

| Michal Šimečka |  | RE
| Michal Wiezik |  | EPP
| Martin Hojsík |  | RE
| Vladimír Bilčík |  | EPP
| Monika Beňová |  | S&D
| Miroslav Číž |  | S&D
| Robert Hajšel |  | S&D
| Milan Uhrík |  | NI
| Miroslav Radačovský |  | NI
| Ivan Štefanec |  | EPP
| Miriam Lexmann |  | EPP
| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová |  | ECR
| Eugen Jurzyca |  | ECR
| Peter Pollák |  | EPP

### Post-election changes of Europarties

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On 5 June, Peter Pollák announced that he is switching from AECR to EPP.[4]

Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová switched from ECR to Renew Europe.

Michal Wiezik switched from EPP to Renew Europe.

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## Opinion polls

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Date  | Polling firm  | Sample
size  | Smer–SD | SaS | OĽaNO | SNS | Kotleba–ĽSNS | Sme Rodina | Most–Híd | KDH | SMK-MKP | KSS | SZS | PS | PD | DOPRAVA | Lead

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25 May 2019  | Election  |  | 15.7%  | 9.6%  | 5.3%  | 4.1%  | 12.1%  | 3.2%  | 2.6%  | 9.7%  | 5.0%  | 0.6%  | 0.8%  | 20.1% | 0.2%  | 0.4%  | 4.4%
18 April – 9 May 2019  | Phoenix[5] | 1,087  | 22.5% | 14.3%  | 13.9%  | 8.1%  | 13.8%  | 12.3%  | 5.0%  | 9.9%  | 0.0%  | 0.0%  | 0.0%  | 11.8%  | 0.0%  | 5.2%  | 8.2%
1–15 March 2019  | Focus[6] | 1,590  | 21.6% | 11.3%  | 11.0%  | 6.0%  | 12.9%  | 9.2%  | 4.0%  | 8.9%  | 3.2%  | 1.8%  | 1.1%  | 8.1%  | 0.0%  | 0.0%  | 8.7%

## Parties

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1. SMER
2. Kresťanská demokracia (Christian Democracy)
3. Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia
4. Korektúra
5. Slovak National Party
6. We Are Family
7. Ordinary People
8. Starostovia a nezávislí kandidáti
9. Strana práce
10. Strana tolerancie a spolunažívania
11. Hlas ľudu
12. Maďarská kresťanskodemokratická aliancia
13. Doprava
14. Christian Democratic Movement
15. Slovak Green Party
16. Most–Híd
17. PRIAMA DEMOKRACIA
18. Strana rómskej koalície - SRK
19. Slovak Conservative Party
20. Slovenská národná jednota
21. Party of the Hungarian Community
22. Doma dobre
23. Communist Party of Slovakia and VZDOR
24. EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA
25. Freedom and Solidarity
26. Slovenská ľudová strana Andreja Hlinku
27. NAJ – Nezávislosť a Jednota
28. Kresťanská únia
29. Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER – Civic Democracy
30. Demokratická strana
31. Národná koalícia

## Sources

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1. ^ Európsky parlament Kancelária na Slovensku European Parliament
2. ^ Vo voľbách do EP bude možné hlasovať za kandidátov 31 strán a koalícií Teraz
3. ^ "Eurovolby na Slovensku: Nástup strany prezidentky Čaputové, Fico poprvé nevyhrál, Kotleba uspěl". Reflex.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
4. ^ Peter Pollák sa pridáva k frakcii Európskej ľudovej strany (EPP)
5. ^ "Prieskum: Do Európskeho parlamentu by sa dostalo 10 strán". Pravda.sk. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
6. ^ Gabrižová, Zuzana (Apr 2, 2019). "Prvý prieskum k eurovoľbám: Kotleba je druhý, poslancov by malo osem strán". Retrieved May 25, 2019.

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