2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia
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The 2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia will be 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
The Slovakian 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 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
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 | ||
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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
Name | Party | First elected | Terms | Date announced | Source |
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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 | ||
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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 | 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[a] | − | − | 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
| − | 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 | EPP | − | − | 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] |
- ^ Previously known as VZDOR.
Opinion polls
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 S&D | Republika NI | Others | Lead |
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NMS[31] | 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%[a] | 4.5 | ||
AKO[32] | 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%[b] | 12.0 | ||
Ipsos[33] | 23 February – 5 March 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 |
See also
References
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- ^ Common Sense 1.5%, SRDCE 1.2%, SOSK 0.7%, PEL 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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