2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia

2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia

8 June 2024
All 15 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	34.39% ( 11.65 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ľudovít Ódor Monika Beňová Milan Uhrík Party PS Smer 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 4 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 KDH Alliance NI EPP Last election New 2 seats Seats won 1 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 106,076 105,602 Percentage 7.18% 7.15%
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district

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

Background

See also: Attempted assassination of Robert Fico

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

Electoral system

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

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Slovak 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	Miriam Lexmann Ivan Štefanec
				Slovakia	1	Peter Pollák
				Democrats	1	Vladimír Bilčík
	Renew Europe	4 / 14		Progressive Slovakia	2	Martin Hojsík Michal Wiezik
				Jablko	1	Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová
				Independents	1	Jozef Mihál
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	1 / 14		Independents	1	Róbert Hajšel
	European Conservatives and Reformists	1 / 14		Freedom and Solidarity	1	Eugen Jurzyca
	Non-Inscrits	4 / 14		Direction – Social Democracy	2	Monika Beňová Katarína Roth Neveďalová
				Slovak PATRIOT	1	Miroslav Radačovský
				Republic	1	Milan Uhrík
Total					14
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents

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

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 Life – National Party National Coalition / Independent Candidates	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	Republic Alternative for Slovakia HOME National Party	−	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

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Slovakia	410,844	27.82	6	+4
	Direction – Social Democracy	365,794	24.77	5	+2
	Republic	185,137	12.53	2	New
	Voice – Social Democracy	106,076	7.18	1	New
	Christian Democratic Movement	105,602	7.15	1	–1
	Freedom and Solidarity	72,703	4.92	0	–2
	Democrats	69,204	4.69	0	–2
	Hungarian Alliance	57,350	3.88	0	0
	Slovakia − For the People	29,385	1.99	0	–1
	Slovak National Party	28,102	1.90	0	0
	Common Sense [sk]	13,867	0.94	0	New
	Christian Union	9,313	0.63	0	0
	Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia	7,103	0.48	0	–2
	Slovak PATRIOT	5,412	0.37	0	New
	Communist Party of Slovakia	2,232	0.15	0	0
	Volt Slovakia	1,923	0.13	0	New
	Socialisti.sk	1,800	0.12	0	New
	HEART Patriots and Pensioners	1,274	0.09	0	New
	MySlovensko [sk]	1,214	0.08	0	New
	We Unite the Citizens of Slovakia	1,143	0.08	0	New
	Common Citizens of Slovakia [sk]	588	0.04	0	New
	Slovak People's Party of Andrej Hlinka [sk]	486	0.03	0	0
	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union	416	0.03	0	–
Total		1,476,968	100.00	15	+1
Valid votes		1,476,968	98.13
Invalid/blank votes		28,208	1.87
Total votes		1,505,176	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,377,093	34.39
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Results by region

Region	PS	Smer	Republic	Hlas	KDH	SASKA	Democrats	Hungarian Alliance	Other parties
Bratislava Region	44.87	18.21	8.33	3.76	5.44	8.09	5.78	0.72	8.44
Trnava Region	27.80	23.17	11.99	5.10	5.48	4.29	4.71	11.23	6.09
Trenčín Region	24.81	30.85	14.95	7.77	5.83	4.40	4.32	0.02	6.94
Nitra Region	23.44	26.01	12.50	8.67	4.41	3.63	3.91	11.71	5.60
Žilina Region	24.81	26.57	14.88	7.51	9.06	4.57	4.73	0.03	7.72
Banská Bystrica Region	24.54	26.69	13.58	9.26	5.08	4.06	3.99	5.16	7.52
Košice Region	25.46	23.99	12.06	7.67	7.19	4.88	4.93	5.48	8.23
Prešov Region	19.74	25.22	13.46	8.97	14.23	3.94	4.52	0.05	9.79
Total	27.82	24.77	12.53	7.18	7.15	4.92	4.69	3.80	7.06

Notes

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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