Election Name: | 1994 Slovak parliamentary election |
Country: | Slovakia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 Slovak parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Election: | 1998 Slovak parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the National Council |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 30 September–1 October 1994 |
Turnout: | 75.65% (8.52 pp) |
Image1: | Vladimír Mečiar 01 (cropped).png |
Leader1: | Vladimír Mečiar |
Party1: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Last Election1: | 74 seats, 37.3% |
Seats1: | 61 |
Seat Change1: | 13 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,005,488 |
Percentage1: | 35.0% |
Swing1: | 2.3 pp |
Leader2: | Peter Weiss |
Party2: | Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) |
Alliance2: | SV |
Seats2: | 18 |
Seat Change2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 299,496 |
Percentage2: | 10.4% |
Swing2: | 9.4 pp |
Image3: | Béla Bugár (cropped).jpg |
Leader3: | Béla Bugár |
Party3: | MKDM/MKDH |
Alliance3: | MK |
Last Election3: | 14 seats, 9.7% |
Seats3: | 17 |
Seat Change3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 292,936 |
Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Swing3: | 0.5 pp |
Image4: | Antall Aznar Chirac Klaus 1993 (cropped).tiff |
Leader4: | Ján Čarnogurský |
Party4: | Christian Democratic Movement |
Last Election4: | 18 seats, 8.9 % |
Seats4: | 17 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 289,987 |
Percentage4: | 10.1% |
Swing4: | 1.2 pp |
Image5: | Jozef Moravčík.jpg |
Leader5: | Jozef Moravčík |
Party5: | Democratic Union of Slovakia |
Last Election5: | Did not exist |
Seats5: | 15 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 246,444 |
Percentage5: | 8.6% |
Swing5: | New |
Image6: | 3x4.svg |
Leader6: | Ján Ľupták |
Party6: | Union of the Workers of Slovakia |
Last Election6: | Did not exist |
Seats6: | 13 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 211,321 |
Percentage6: | 7.4% |
Swing6: | New |
Image7: | Žilina P6112384 (cropped).jpg |
Leader7: | Ján Slota |
Party7: | Slovak National Party |
Last Election7: | 15 seats, 8.0% |
Seats7: | 9 |
Seat Change7: | 6 |
Popular Vote7: | 155,359 |
Percentage7: | 5.4% |
Swing7: | 2.5 pp |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Jozef Moravčík |
Before Party: | Democratic Union of Slovakia |
After Election: | Vladimír Mečiar |
After Party: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994.[1] The early elections were necessary after the Vladimír Mečiar 1992 government had been recalled in March 1994 by the National Council and a new temporary government under Jozef Moravčík had been created at the same time.
The governing Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) lost seats, but remained the largest party in the National Council with over three times as many seats as the second-placed Common Choice, a left-wing alliance, which almost failed to enter the parliament despite its good performance in pre-election opinion polls. After the election, the HZDS formed a coalition with the Union of the Workers of Slovakia and the Slovak National Party.