Slovakia 2006 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Direction – Social Democracy won 50 of 150 seats with 29.1% of the vote; 54.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 15.3 points on 2002.
- Slovakia
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direction – Social Democracy | 50 | +25 | 29.1 | +15.7 | 671,185 |
| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party | 31 | +3 | 18.4 | +3.3 | 422,815 |
| Slovak National Party | 20 | +20 | 11.7 | +8.4 | 270,230 |
| Hungarian Coalition | 20 | 0 | 11.7 | +0.5 | 269,111 |
| People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 15 | −21 | 8.8 | −10.7 | 202,540 |
| Christian Democratic Movement | 14 | −1 | 8.3 | +0.1 | 191,443 |
| Communist Party of Slovakia | 0 | −11 | 3.9 | −2.4 | 89,418 |
| Free Forumwith Change from the Bottom, DU | 0 | 3.5 | 79,963 | ||
| Alliance of the New Citizen | 0 | −15 | 1.4 | −6.6 | 32,775 |
± is the change against the Slovakia 2002 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Direction – Social Democracy 671,185
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 422,815
- Slovak National Party 270,230
- Hungarian Coalition 269,111
- People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 202,540
- Christian Democratic Movement 191,443
- Communist Party of Slovakia 89,418
- Free Forum 79,963
- Alliance of the New Citizen 32,775
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
54.7% of the 4,272,517 registered voters cast a ballot (2,335,917 ballots), down 15.3 points on 2002. 2,303,139 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Direction – Social Democracy29.1% of votes33.3% of seats
- Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party18.4% of votes20.7% of seats
- Slovak National Party11.7% of votes13.3% of seats
- Hungarian Coalition11.7% of votes13.3% of seats
- People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia8.8% of votes10.0% of seats
- Christian Democratic Movement8.3% of votes9.3% of seats
- Communist Party of Slovakia3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
- Free Forum3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.1 by votes and 4.8 by seats; Direction – Social Democracy led Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party by 10.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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