2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

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2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia
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  2014 25 May 2019 2024  

All 14 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout1,006,351 (22.74%)
Increase2.svg 9.69 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
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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 electionNew party4 seats, 24.1%0 seat, 1.7%
Seats won432
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote198,255154,996118,995
Percentage20.11%15.72%12.07%
SwingIncrease2.svg 20.11Decrease2.svg 8.38Increase2.svg 10.33

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Ivan Štefanec Eugen Jurzyca Michal Šipoš
Party KDH SaS OĽaNO
Alliance EPP ECR EPP
Last election2 seats, 10.9%1 seat, 6.7%1 seat, 7.5%
Seats won221
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote95,58894,83951,834
Percentage9.70%9.62%5.26%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.52Increase2.svg 2.95Decrease2.svg 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]

Contents

Main contesting parties

NameIdeologyLeader
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
Christian union
Kresťanská únia
Christian right Anna Záborská
SR We Are Family
Sme rodina
Right-wing populism Boris Kollár

Results

Results of the election, showing vote strength by municipality. Volby do EP Slovensko 2019.png
Results of the election, showing vote strength by municipality.
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Progressive SlovakiaSPOLU 198,25520.11New4New
Direction – Social Democracy 154,99615.72−8.383–1
People's Party Our Slovakia 118,99512.07+10.332+2
Christian Democratic Movement 95,5889.70−3.5220
Freedom and Solidarity 94,8399.62+2.952+1
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities 51,8345.26−2.2010
Party of the Hungarian Community 48,9294.96−1.570–1
Slovak National Party 40,3304.09+0.4800
Christian Union  37,9743.85New0New
We Are Family  31,8403.23New0New
Most–Híd 25,5622.59−3.240–1
Christian Democracy – Life and Prosperity 20,3742.07New0New
CORRECTION - Andrej Hryc8,4600.86New0New
Slovak Green Party 7,8450.80New0New
National Coalition 7,1450.72–0.7700
Communist Party of SlovakiaVZDOR 6,1990.63–0.8900
Good Home6,1240.62New0New
Democratic Party5,0920.52New0New
Transportation3,9980.41New0New
Mayors and Independent Candidates2,9760.30New0New
Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka2,9530.30New0New
Labour Party2,6570.27New0New
Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance 2,2700.23+0.0200
Direct Democracy2,2220.23–0.2000
Voice of the People2,1010.21New0New
Independence and Unity2,0160.20New0New
European Democratic Party1,4520.15–0.5200
Tolerance and Coexistence Party9180.09New0New
Slovak National Unity – Patriotic Party6210.06New0New
Slovak Conservative Party 6030.06New0New
Party of the Roma Coalition5120.05New0New
Total985,680100.0014+1
Valid votes985,68097.95
Invalid/blank votes20,6712.05
Total votes1,006,351100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,429,80122.72
Source: Volby
Popular vote
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%
3.85%
SR
3.23%


European groups

European groupSeats 2014Seats 2019Change
European People's Party EPP651 Decrease2.svg
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D431 Decrease2.svg
European Conservatives and Reformists ECR220 Steady2.svg
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ALDE121 Increase2.svg
Non-Inscrits NI022 Increase2.svg
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Seat distribution

Elected members

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 European political parties

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

DatePolling firmSample
size
Smer–SD SaS OĽaNO SNS Kotleba–ĽSNS Sme Rodina Most–Híd KDH SMK-MKP KSS SZS PS PD DOPRAVA Lead
25 May 2019Election15.7%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 2019Phoenix [5] 1,08722.5%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 2019Focus [6] 1,59021.6%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

  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

  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.