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The new National Council of Slovakia was elected at the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election and consists of 150 representatives elected from party lists. [1] Those elected will sit on the National Council until 2027. [2]
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Direction – Social Democracy | 681,017 | 22.95 | 42 | +4 | |
| Progressive Slovakia | 533,136 | 17.96 | 32 | +32 | |
| Voice – Social Democracy | 436,415 | 14.70 | 27 | New | |
| OĽaNO and Friends | 264,137 | 8.90 | 16 | –49 | |
| Christian Democratic Movement | 202,515 | 6.82 | 12 | +12 | |
| Freedom and Solidarity | 187,645 | 6.32 | 11 | –2 | |
| Slovak National Party | 166,995 | 5.63 | 10 | +10 | |
| Republic | 141,099 | 4.75 | 0 | New | |
| Alliance | 130,183 | 4.39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democrats | 87,006 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| We Are Family | 65,673 | 2.21 | 0 | –17 | |
| People's Party Our Slovakia | 25,003 | 0.84 | 0 | –17 | |
| Communist Party of Slovakia | 9,867 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
| Pirate Party – Slovakia | 9,358 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
| Modrí, Most–Híd | 7,935 | 0.27 | 0 | New | |
| Hungarian Forum | 3,486 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| MySlovensko | 2,786 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Karma | 2,407 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Common Citizens of Slovakia | 2,401 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| HEART Patriots and Pensioners – Slovak National Unity | 2,315 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Princíp | 1,817 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| 99% – Civic Voice | 1,335 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Slovak Revival Movement | 1,332 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patriotic Bloc | 1,262 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party | 771 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,967,896 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,967,896 | 98.83 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,052 | 1.17 | |||
| Total votes | 3,002,948 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,388,872 | 68.42 | |||
| Source: Results (99.98% counted) | |||||
| Function | Name | Parliamentary group | From | To | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Peter Pellegrini [a] | Voice – Social Democracy | 25 October 2023 | 7 April 2024 | 131 of 148 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Ľuboš Blaha [b] | Direction – Social Democracy | 25 October 2023 | 25 June 2024 | 82 of 142 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Tibor Gašpar | Direction – Social Democracy | 27 June 2024 | Incumbent | 79 of 140 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Peter Žiga [c] | Voice – Social Democracy | 25 October 2023 | Incumbent | 88 of 142 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Andrej Danko | Slovak National Party | 25 October 2023 | Incumbent | 83 of 142 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Michal Šimečka [d] | Progressive Slovakia | 25 October 2023 | 17 September 2024 | 92 of 142 | |
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