Country: | Slovakia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1998 Slovak parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2006 Slovak parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the National Council |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 20–21 September 2002 |
Turnout: | 70.07% (14.18 pp) |
Image1: | Vladimir Meciar (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vladimír Mečiar |
Party1: | People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Last Election1: | 43 seats, 27.0% |
Seats1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 560,691 |
Percentage1: | 19.5% |
Swing1: | 7.5 pp |
Leader2: | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
Party2: | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
Last Election2: | Did not exist |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 433,953 |
Percentage2: | 15.1% |
Swing2: | New |
Image3: | Robert Fico (2008)a (cropped).jpg |
Leader3: | Robert Fico |
Party3: | SMER |
Last Election3: | Did not exist |
Seats3: | 25 |
Seat Change3: | New |
Popular Vote3: | 387,100 |
Percentage3: | 13.5% |
Swing3: | New |
Image4: | Béla Bugár (cropped).jpg |
Leader4: | Béla Bugár |
Party4: | Party of the Hungarian Community |
Last Election4: | 15 seats, 9.1% |
Seats4: | 20 |
Seat Change4: | 5 |
Popular Vote4: | 321,069 |
Percentage4: | 11.2% |
Swing4: | 2.0 pp |
Image5: | Pavol Hrušovský 2010 (cropped).jpg |
Leader5: | Pavol Hrušovský |
Party5: | Christian Democratic Movement |
Last Election5: | In SDK |
Seats5: | 15 |
Seat Change5: | N/A |
Popular Vote5: | 237,202 |
Percentage5: | 8.3% |
Swing5: | N/A |
Image6: | Pavol Rusko at Markiza.sk Party2 (cropped).jpg |
Leader6: | Pavol Rusko |
Party6: | Alliance of the New Citizen |
Last Election6: | Did not exist |
Seats6: | 15 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 237,202 |
Percentage6: | 8.0% |
Swing6: | New |
Leader7: | Jozef Ševc |
Party7: | Communist Party of Slovakia |
Last Election7: | 0 seats, 2.8% |
Seats7: | 11 |
Seat Change7: | 11 |
Popular Vote7: | 181,872 |
Percentage7: | 6.3% |
Swing7: | 3.5 pp |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
Before Party: | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
After Election: | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
After Party: | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002.[1] The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats.[2] Mikuláš Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union remained Prime Minister, in coalition with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement, and Alliance of the New Citizen parties.[3]