2010 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 12 June 2010. The elections were contested by eighteen parties, six of which passed the 5% threshold for sitting in parliament. Despite the incumbent Smer of Prime Minister Robert Fico winning a plurality, the new government consisted of a coalition led by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party's Iveta Radičová and included KDH, SaS and Most-Hid. However, her government fell on 11 October 2011 following a vote of no confidence with a new election called for 10 March 2012.

2010 Slovak parliamentary election

12 June 2010

All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout58.65% ( 3.98 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Robert Fico Iveta Radičová Richard Sulík
Party SMER–SD SDKÚ-DS SaS
Last election 50 seats, 29.1% 31 seats, 18.4% New party
Seats won 62 28 22
Seat change 12 3 New party
Popular vote 880,111 390,042 307,287
Percentage 34.8% 15.42% 12.1%
Swing 5.7 pp 2.9 pp New party

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ján Figeľ Béla Bugár Ján Slota
Party KDH Most-Híd SNS
Last election 14 seats, 8.3% New party 20 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 15 14 9
Seat change 1 New party 11
Popular vote 215,755 205,538 128,490
Percentage 8.5% 8.1% 5.1%
Swing 0.2 pp New party 6.7 pp

Results of the election, showing vote strength by district.

Prime Minister before election

Robert Fico
Smer–SD

Elected Prime Minister

Iveta Radičová
SDKÚ-DS

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