# Christian Democratic Movement

The Christian Democratic Movement (Slovak: Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, KDH) is a Christian democratic political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International.

## History

In the 2014 European elections, KDH came second place nationally, receiving 13.21% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs.
In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party only won 4.94% of the vote, losing all of its seats. This was the first time since its inception that the party did not reach the parliament. Following the electoral defeat, KDH elected Alojz Hlina its new leader.

## Party leaders

| Leader | Leader | Year |
| 1 | Ján Čarnogurský | 1990–2000 |
| 2 | Pavol Hrušovský | 2000–2009 |
| 3 | Ján Figeľ | 2009–2016 |
| 4 | Alojz Hlina | 2016–2020 |
| 5 | Milan Majerský | 2020–present |

## Election results
### National Council

| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | Status |
| 1990 | Ján Čarnogurský | 648,782 | 19.2% | 2nd | 31 / 150 | | VPN–KDH–DS |
| 1992 | Ján Čarnogurský | 273,945 | 8.9% | 3rd | 18 / 150 | 13 | Opposition (1992–1994) |
| 1992 | Ján Čarnogurský | 273,945 | 8.9% | 3rd | 18 / 150 | 13 | SDĽ–KDH–DEÚS–NDS (1994) |
| 1994 | Ján Čarnogurský | 289,987 | 10.1% | 4th | 17 / 150 | 1 | Opposition |
| 1998 | Ján Čarnogurský | Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) | Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) | Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) | 15 / 150 | 2 | SDK–SDĽ–SMK–SOP |
| 2002 | Pavol Hrušovský | 237,202 | 8.3% | 5th | 15 / 150 | 0 | SDKÚ–SMK–KDH–ANO (2002–2006) |
| 2002 | Pavol Hrušovský | 237,202 | 8.3% | 5th | 15 / 150 | 0 | Opposition (2006) |
| 2006 | Pavol Hrušovský | 191,443 | 8.3% | 6th | 14 / 150 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2010 | Ján Figeľ | 215,755 | 8.5% | 4th | 15 / 150 | 1 | SDKÚ–SaS–KDH–Bridge |
| 2012 | Ján Figeľ | 225,361 | 8.8% | 2nd | 16 / 150 | 1 | Opposition |
| 2016 | Ján Figeľ | 128,908 | 4.9% | 9th | 0 / 150 | 16 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2020 | Alojz Hlina | 134,099 | 4.7% | 8th | 0 / 150 | 0 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2023 | Milan Majerský | 202,515 | 6.8% | 5th | 12 / 150 | 12 | Opposition |

### European Parliament

| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 2004 | Anna Záborská | 113,655 | 16.2% | 4th | 3 / 14 | | EPP-ED |
| 2009 | Martin Fronc | 89,905 | 10.9% | 4th | 2 / 13 | 1 | EPP |
| 2014 | Anna Záborská | 74,108 | 13.2% | 2nd | 2 / 13 | 0 | EPP |
| 2019 | Ivan Štefanec | 95,588 | 9.7% | 4th | 2 / 14 | 0 | EPP |
| 2024 | Miriam Lexmann | 105,602 | 7.2% | 5th | 1 / 15 | 1 | EPP |

### President

| Election | Candidate | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Rank | Votes | % | Rank |
| 1999 | Endorsed Rudolf Schuster | 1,396,950 | 47.4% | 1st | 1,727,48 | 57.2% | 1st |
| 2004 | František Mikloško | 129,414 | 6.5% | 5th | not qualified | not qualified | not qualified |
| 2009 | Endorsed Iveta Radičová | 713,735 | 38.1% | 2nd | 988,808 | 44.5% | 2nd |
| 2014 | Pavol Hrušovský | 63,298 | 3.3% | 6th | not qualified | not qualified | not qualified |
| 2019 | Endorsed František Mikloško | 122,916 | 5.7% | 5th | not qualified | not qualified | not qualified |
| 2024 | Endorsed Ivan Korčok | 958,393 | 42.5% | 1st | 1,243,709 | 46.9% | 2nd |