2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia

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2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia
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All 15 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout34.39% (Increase2.svg 11.65 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Ľudovít Ódor Monika Beňová Milan Uhrík
Party PS Smer Republic
Alliance ALDE NI NI
Last election2 seats, 20.11% [a] 3 seats, 15.72%New [b]
Seats won652
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2New
Popular vote410,844365,794185,137
Percentage27.82%24.77%12.53%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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Leader Branislav Becík Miriam Lexmann
Party Hlas KDH
Alliance NI EPP
Last electionNew2 seats
Seats won11
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote106,076105,602
Percentage7.18%7.15%
2024 Slovak European Parliament election - Vote Strength.svg
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district

The 2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. [1] This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Slovakia, and the first to take place after Brexit. [2]

Contents

Background

The Slovak government and the European Union have clashed over domestic legal reforms. [3]

Electoral system

Compared to last election, Slovakia is entitled to two more MEP: one already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [4] The 15 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through largest remainder method and a 5% electoral threshold. [5]

Both Slovak citizens and other non-Slovak EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Slovakia. No registration is needed for Slovak citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Slovakia are required to register in their municipality no later than 40 days before the election day. Slovak citizens residing abroad cannot vote from abroad but can vote if present on the day of the election in Slovakia with a Slovak passport. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. [6]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Slovak seats at the European Parliament as of 16 February 2024.

EP GroupSeatsPartySeatsMEPs
European People's Party
4 / 14
 Christian Democratic Movement 2
Slovakia 1
Democrats 1
Renew Europe
4 / 14
 Progressive Slovakia 2
Jablko 1
Independents 1
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
1 / 14
 Independents 1
European Conservatives and Reformists
1 / 14
 Freedom and Solidarity 1
Non-Inscrits
4 / 14
 Direction – Social Democracy 2
Slovak PATRIOT 1
Republic 1
Total14
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents

NamePartyFirst electedTermsDate announcedSource
Róbert Hajšel Direction – Social Democracy 2019 19 February 2024 [7]
Vladimír Bilčík SPOLU 2019 119 April 2024 [8]

Running parties

PartyEuropean PartyGroup2019 resultTop candidate
PS Progressive Slovakia ALDE RE 20.1 Ľudovít Ódor [9]
Demokrati Democrats EPP EPP Jaroslav Naď [10]
Smer–SD Direction – Social Democracy PES (suspended) NI 15.7 Monika Beňová [11]
ĽSNS Kotlebists − People's Party Our Slovakia APF −12.1 Marian Kotleba [12]
KDH Christian Democratic Movement EPP EPP 9.7 Miriam Lexmann [13]
SASKA Freedom and Solidarity ECR ECR 9.6 Richard Sulík [14]
SK−ZĽ−NOVA Slovakia − For the People − NOVA EPP EPP 5.3 Peter Pollák [15]
MSZ Hungarian Alliance EPP −5.0 József Berényi [16]
SNS ID −4.1 Andrej Danko [17]
KÚ Christian Union ECPM −3.9 Milan Krajniak [18]
KSS Communist Party of Slovakia PEL −0.6Ján Chalabala [19]
SOS Common Citizens of Slovakia −−Andrej Krajiček
SĽS Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka −−0.3Jozef Sásik
Hlas–SD Voice – Social Democracy PES (suspended)−−Branislav Becík [20]
REPUBLIKA− NI − Milan Uhrík [21]
PATRIOT Slovak PATRIOT − NI − Miroslav Radačovský [22]
Volt Volt Slovakia Volt −− Lucia Kleštincová [23]
SDKÚ-DS Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party −−−Branislav Rybárik [24]
SPS Slovak Pirate Party PPEU −−Zuzana Šubová [25]
S.sk Socialisti.sk −−−Artur Bekmatov [26]
ZR Common Sense −−−Ján Baránek [27]
MySlovensko MySlovensko −−−Štefan Panenka [28]
SOSKWe Unite the Citizens of Slovakia−−−Libuša Nicholson [29]
SRDCE–SNJSRDCE Patriots and Pensioners – Slovak National Unity−−−Jozef Tokár [30]


Opinion polls

Polling firmDateSample
size		 PS
Renew 		Democrats
EPP 		Smer
NI 		ĽSNS
NI 		Život
NI 		SNS
ID 		KDH
EPP 		SASKA
ECR 		KÚ
ECR 		OĽaNO
EPP 		ZĽ
EPP 		MA
EPP 		SR
ID 		Hlas
NI 		Republika
NI 		OthersLead
Ipsos [31] 30 May–4 Jun 20241,22521.9
4		5.2
1		24.6
4		1.0
0		3.2
0		6.3
1		5.7
1		1.5
0		4.4
0		5.1
1		—11.2
2		8.7
1		1.2 [c] 2.7
NMS [32] 30 May–3 Jun 20241,02023.2
5		3.3
0		22.1
4		0.7
0		3.1
0		5.0
1		6.4
1		1.2
0		3.2
0		3.7
0		—11.9
2		11.0
2		5.11.1
Median [33] 21–27 May 202464020.64.922.51.42.37.27.0—6.63.3—14.09.40.81.9
Ipsos [34] 14–21 May 202441423.5
4		3.4
0		24.4
4		1.7
0		4.0
0		7.1
1		5.7
1		—5.3
1		4.8
0		—10.3
2		9.0
2		0.80.9
NMS [35] 9–13 May 20241,02023.4
5		3.5
0		17.3
4		0.9
0		3.0
0		4.8
0		7.4
1		1.6
0		4.8
0		3.1
0		—11.2
2		12.6
3		6.3 [d] 6.1
AKO [36] 7–14 May 20241,00025.6
4		3.4
0		17.6
3		1.0
0		5.2
1		7.0
1		6.7
1		0.6
0		2.7
0		3.7
0		—14.4
3		8.5
2		3.68.0
NMS [37] 18–24 April 20241,01024.3
5		4.4
0		19.8
4		0.7
0		3.2
0		4.6
0		7.0
1		0.8
0		3.6
0		2.9
0		—12.0
3		10.7
2		5.8 [e] 4.5
AKO [38] 9–16 April 20241,00027.2
5		2.7
0		15.2
3		1.0
0		4.1
0		6.7
1		6.5
1		0.8
0		3.2
0		5.0
1		—14.2
3		7.5
1		5.9 [f] 12.0
Ipsos [39] 23 Feb – 5 Mar 20241,50224.6
5		2.3
0		26.7
5		2.1
0		4.8
0		8.2
2		4.6
0		4.9
0		2.4
0		—11.8
2		6.4
1		1.22.1
2023 elections 30 Sep 20232,967,89617.962.2122.950.845.636.826.328.904.392.9314.704.751.604.99
2020 elections 29 Feb 20202,881,5116.9718.297.973.164.656.2225.035.773.918.24——9.346.74
2019 elections 25 May 2019985,68020.11
4		15.72
3		12.07
2		2.07
0		4.09
0		9.70
2		9.62
2		3.85
0		5.26
1		—4.96
0		3.23
0		——9.324.29

Results

2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Slovakia 410,84427.826+4
Direction – Social Democracy 365,79424.775+2
Republic 185,13712.532New
Voice – Social Democracy 106,0767.181New
Christian Democratic Movement 105,6027.151–1
Freedom and Solidarity 72,7034.920–2
Democrats 69,2044.690–2
Hungarian Alliance 57,3503.8800
Slovakia − For the People 29,3851.990–1
Slovak National Party 28,1021.9000
Common Sense  [ sk ]13,8670.940New
Christian Union 9,3130.6300
Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia 7,1030.480–2
Slovak PATRIOT 5,4120.370New
Communist Party of Slovakia 2,2320.1500
Volt Slovakia 1,9230.130New
Socialisti.sk 1,8000.120New
HEART Patriots and Pensioners1,2740.090New
MySlovensko  [ sk ]1,2140.080New
We Unite the Citizens of Slovakia1,1430.080New
Common Citizens of Slovakia  [ sk ]5880.040New
Slovak People's Party of Andrej Hlinka  [ sk ]4860.0300
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union 4160.030–
Total1,476,968100.0015+1
Valid votes1,476,96898.13
Invalid/blank votes28,2081.87
Total votes1,505,176100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,377,09334.39
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
Results of the election, showing vote strength by commune. Results of the 2024 European Parliament Election in Slovakia by Commune.svg
Results of the election, showing vote strength by commune.

Results by region

Region PS Smer Republic Hlas KDH SASKA Democrats Hungarian Alliance Other parties
Bratislava Region 44.8718.218.333.765.448.095.780.728.44
Trnava Region 27.8023.1711.995.105.484.294.7111.236.09
Trenčín Region 24.8130.8514.957.775.834.404.320.026.94
Nitra Region 23.4426.0112.508.674.413.633.9111.715.60
Žilina Region 24.8126.5714.887.519.064.574.730.037.72
Banská Bystrica Region 24.5426.6913.589.265.084.063.995.167.52
Košice Region 25.4623.9912.067.677.194.884.935.488.23
Prešov Region 19.7425.2213.468.9714.233.944.520.059.79
Total27.8224.7712.537.187.154.924.693.807.06

Notes

  1. ↑ Percentage for joint 2019 PS–SPOLU list. Seats for PS only.
  2. ↑ Milan Uhrík was elected as a MEP for ĽSNS but left the party in 2021
  3. ↑ Common Sense 0.7%
  4. ↑ Common Sense 2.2, MySlovensko 0.8, KSS 0.7, SOS 0.5, Slovak PATRIOT 0.4, SDKÚ-DS 0.4, Socialisti.sk 0.3, SOSK 0.3, Volt 0.3, SRDCE 0.2, Piráti 0.2, SĽS 0.0
  5. ↑ Common Sense 2.2, MySlovensko 0.6, Piráti 0.6, Slovak PATRIOT 0.6, SOS 0.5, SDKÚ-DS 0.4, Socialisti.sk 0.3, SOSK 0.2, SRDCE 0.2, Volt 0.1, KSS 0.1, SĽS 0.0%
  6. ↑ Common Sense 1.5, SRDCE 1.2, SOSK 0.7, KSS 0.7, SDKÚ-DS 0.5, Piráti 0.5, MySlovensko 0.5, SĽS 0.3, SOS 0.1, Volt 0.1, Slovak PATRIOT 0.0, Socialisti.sk 0.0

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