2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

25 May 2019
All 14 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	1,006,351 (22.74%) 9.69 pp
First party Second party Third party   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   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
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

Name			Ideology	Leader
	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

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	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 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

European group			Seats 2014	Seats 2019	Change
	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

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.

EPP	S&D	RE	ECR	G–EFA	GUE/NGL	ID	Non-inscrits
4	3	4	1	0	0	0	2

Opinion polls

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
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

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.