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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% (Increase 11.65 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Ľudovít Ódor Monika Beňová Milan Uhrík
Party PS SMER–SD Republic
Alliance ALDE NI NI
Last election 2 seats, 20.11%[a] 3 seats, 15.72% New[b]
Seats won 6 5 2
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2 New
Popular vote 410,844 365,794 185,137
Percentage 27.82% 24.77% 12.53%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Branislav Becík Miriam Lexmann
Party HLAS–SD KDH
Alliance NI EPP
Last election New 2 seats
Seats won 1 1
Seat change New Decrease 1
Popular vote 106,076 105,602
Percentage 7.18% 7.15%

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

Background[edit]

See also: Attempted assassination of Robert Fico

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

Electoral system[edit]

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

Outgoing delegation[edit]

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

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
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 (Slovakia) 1
 
Total 14
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents[edit]

Name Party First elected Terms Date announced Source
Róbert Hajšel Direction – Social Democracy 2019 1 9 February 2024 [7]
Vladimír Bilčík SPOLU 2019 1 19 April 2024 [8]

Running parties[edit]

Party European Party Group 2019 result Top 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
Slovak National Party
 ID − 4.1 Andrej Danko[17]
KÚ Christian Union ECPM − 3.9 Milan Krajniak[18]
KSS Communist Party of Slovakia PEL − 0.6 Ján Chalabala[19]
SOS Common Citizens of Slovakia − − Andrej Krajiček
SĽS Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka − − 0.3 Jozef 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]
SOSK We Unite the Citizens of Slovakia − − − Libuša Nicholson[29]
SRDCE–SNJ SRDCE Patriots and Pensioners – Slovak National Unity − − − Jozef Tokár[30]


Opinion polls[edit]

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election
Polling firm Date Sample
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 		Others Lead
Ipsos[31] 30 May–4 Jun 2024 1,225 21.9
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 2024 1,020 23.2
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 		5.1 1.1
Median[33] 21–27 May 2024 640 20.6 4.9 22.5 1.4 2.3 7.2 7.0 — 6.6 3.3 — 14.0 9.4 0.8 1.9
Ipsos[34] 14–21 May 2024 414 23.5
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 		0.8 0.9
NMS[35] 9–13 May 2024 1,020 23.4
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 2024 1,000 25.6
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 		3.6 8.0
NMS[37] 18–24 April 2024 1,010 24.3
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 2024 1,000 27.2
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 2024 1,502 24.6
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 		1.2 2.1
2023 elections 30 Sep 2023 2,967,896 17.96 2.21 22.95 0.84 5.63 6.82 6.32 8.90 4.39 2.93 14.70 4.75 1.60 4.99
2020 elections 29 Feb 2020 2,881,511 6.97 18.29 7.97 3.16 4.65 6.22 25.03 5.77 3.91 8.24 — — 9.34 6.74
2019 elections 25 May 2019 985,680 20.11
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 		— — 9.32 4.29

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Progressive Slovakia410,84427.826+4
Direction – Social Democracy365,79424.775+2
Republic185,13712.532New
Voice – Social Democracy106,0767.181New
Christian Democratic Movement105,6027.151–1
Freedom and Solidarity72,7034.920–2
Democrats69,2044.690–2
Hungarian Alliance57,3503.8800
Slovakia − For the People29,3851.990–1
Slovak National Party28,1021.9000
Common Sense [sk]13,8670.940New
Christian Union9,3130.6300
Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia7,1030.480–2
Slovak PATRIOT5,4120.370New
Communist Party of Slovakia2,2320.1500
Volt Slovakia1,9230.130New
Socialisti.sk1,8000.120New
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 Union4160.030–
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

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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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