Political forces at a glance
Since the March 2016 election Slovakia has been governed by a coalition government led by the centre-left Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SD). Smer-SD governs with its coalition partner from 2006-10, the conservative Slovak National Party (SNS), as well as the centre-right Bridge-Party of Co-operation (Most-Hid). A new prime minister, Peter Pellegrini, was sworn into office in March 2018, following political protests, which led to the resignation of the then prime minister, Robert Fico. Eight parties managed to get enough votes to enter parliament in 2016, three of which had not been represented before. Smer-SD has been the largest party since the June 2006 parliamentary election. Widespread dissatisfaction with the mainstream parties was highlighted by the entry to parliament of the far-right People's Party-Our Slovakia (L'SNS).
|% of vote||No. of seats|
|Slovak National Party||4.6||8.6||0||15|
|People's Party-Our Slovakia||1.6||8.0||0||14|
|Bridge-Party of Co-Operation||6.9||6.5||16||11|
|Total incl others||100.0||100.0||150||150|
|Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.|