# 2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

Elections for the 2019 European Parliament election took place in Slovakia on 25 May 2019. Thirty-one parties featured on the electoral list. The election was won by alliance of Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER - Civic Democracy. It was the first election since 2006 that was won by some other party than Direction – Social Democracy.

## Main contesting parties

| Name | Name | Ideology | Leader |
| PS/Spolu-OD | Progressive Slovakia-Together – Civic Democracy Progresívne Slovensko - Spolu-občianska demokracia | Social liberalism | Michal Truban Miroslav Beblavý |
| Smer-SD | Direction - social democracy Smer - sociálna demokracia | Left-wing populism | Robert Fico |
| ĽSNS | People's Party - Our Slovakia Ľudová strana - naše Slovensko | Neo-nazism | Marian Kotleba |
| KDH | Christian Democratic Movement Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie | Christian democracy | Alojz Hlina |
| SaS | Freedom and Solidarity Sloboda a Solidarita | Liberalism | Richard Sulík |
| OĽaNO | Ordinary people and independent personalities Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti | Populism | Igor Matovič |
| SMK-MKP | Party of the Hungarian Community Strana maďarskej komunity - Magyar Közösség Pártja | Hungarian minority interests | József Menyhárt |
| SNS | Slovak National Party Slovenská národná strana | National conservatism | Andrej Danko |
| KÚ | Christian union Kresťanská únia | Christian right | Anna Záborská |
| SR | We Are Family Sme rodina | Right-wing populism | Boris Kollár |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Progressive Slovakia–SPOLU | 198,255 | 20.11 | New | 4 | New |
| | Direction – Social Democracy | 154,996 | 15.72 | −8.38 | 3 | –1 |
| | People's Party Our Slovakia | 118,995 | 12.07 | +10.33 | 2 | +2 |
| | Christian Democratic Movement | 95,588 | 9.70 | −3.52 | 2 | 0 |
| | Freedom and Solidarity | 94,839 | 9.62 | +2.95 | 2 | +1 |
| | Ordinary People and Independent Personalities | 51,834 | 5.26 | −2.20 | 1 | 0 |
| | Party of the Hungarian Community | 48,929 | 4.96 | −1.57 | 0 | –1 |
| | Slovak National Party | 40,330 | 4.09 | +0.48 | 0 | 0 |
| | Christian Union | 37,974 | 3.85 | New | 0 | New |
| | We Are Family | 31,840 | 3.23 | New | 0 | New |
| | Most–Híd | 25,562 | 2.59 | −3.24 | 0 | –1 |
| | Christian Democracy – Life and Prosperity | 20,374 | 2.07 | New | 0 | New |
| | CORRECTION - Andrej Hryc | 8,460 | 0.86 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak Green Party | 7,845 | 0.80 | New | 0 | New |
| | National Coalition | 7,145 | 0.72 | –0.77 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Slovakia–VZDOR | 6,199 | 0.63 | –0.89 | 0 | 0 |
| | Good Home | 6,124 | 0.62 | New | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Party | 5,092 | 0.52 | New | 0 | New |
| | Transportation | 3,998 | 0.41 | New | 0 | New |
| | Mayors and Independent Candidates | 2,976 | 0.30 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka | 2,953 | 0.30 | New | 0 | New |
| | Labour Party | 2,657 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New |
| | Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance | 2,270 | 0.23 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Direct Democracy | 2,222 | 0.23 | –0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| | Voice of the People | 2,101 | 0.21 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independence and Unity | 2,016 | 0.20 | New | 0 | New |
| | European Democratic Party | 1,452 | 0.15 | –0.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tolerance and Coexistence Party | 918 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak National Unity – Patriotic Party | 621 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak Conservative Party | 603 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New |
| | Party of the Roma Coalition | 512 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 985,680 | 100.00 | – | 14 | +1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 985,680 | 97.95 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 20,671 | 2.05 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,006,351 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,429,801 | 22.72 | | | |
| Source: Volby |||||||
Popular vote
PS-Spolu
20.11%
Smer-SD
15.72%
ĽSNS
12.07%
KDH
9.70%
SaS
9.62%
OĽaNO
5.26%
SMK-MKP
4.96%
SNS
4.09%
KÚ
3.85%
SR
3.23% :

### European groups

| European group | European group | Seats 2014 | Seats 2019 | Change |
| European People's Party | EPP | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | S&D | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| European Conservatives and Reformists | ECR | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | ALDE | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-Inscrits | NI | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | 13 | 14 | |

### Elected members

PS – ALDE
* Michal Šimečka, by 81,735 preferential votes
* Martin Hojsík, by 27,549 preferential votes
SPOLU – EPP
* Michal Wiezik, by 29,998 preferential votes (now he is member of PS and Renew Europe)
* Vladimír Bilčík, by 26,202 preferential votes
Smer – S&D
* Monika Beňová, by 89,472 preferential votes
* Miroslav Číž, by 51,362 preferential votes
* Robert Hajšel, by 13,773 preferential votes
ĽSNS – APF
* Milan Uhrík, by 42,779 preferential votes (now he is leader of movement Republika)
* Miroslav Radačovský, by 42,276 preferential votes (now he is leader of Slovak patriot)
KDH – EPP
* Ivan Štefanec, by 33,128 preferential votes
* Miriam Lexmann, by 27,833 preferential votes
SaS – AECR
* Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, by 52,331 preferential votes (now she left SaS and she became independent on slovak national level, on EU level she became member of Renew Europe)
* Eugen Jurzyca, by 33,540 preferential votes
OĽaNO – EPP
* Peter Pollák, by 23,815 preferential votes
Slovakia (14) :
| Michal Šimečka | RE |
| Michal Wiezik | EPP |
| Martin Hojsík | RE |
| Vladimír Bilčík | EPP |
| Monika Beňová | S&D |
| Miroslav Číž | S&D |
| Robert Hajšel | S&D |
| Milan Uhrík | NI |
| Miroslav Radačovský | NI |
| Ivan Štefanec | EPP |
| Miriam Lexmann | EPP |
| Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová | ECR |
| Eugen Jurzyca | ECR |
| Peter Pollák | EPP |

### Post-election changes of European political parties

On 5 June, Peter Pollák announced that he is switching from AECR to EPP.
Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová switched from ECR to Renew Europe.
Michal Wiezik switched from EPP to Renew Europe.
| EPP | S&D | RE | ECR | G–EFA | GUE/NGL | ID | Non-inscrits |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Opinion polls

| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Smer–SD | SaS | OĽaNO | SNS | Kotleba–ĽSNS | Sme Rodina | Most–Híd | KDH | SMK-MKP | KSS | SZS | PS | PD | DOPRAVA | Lead |
| 25 May 2019 | Election | | 15.7% | 9.6% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 12.1% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 9.7% | 5.0% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 20.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.4% |
| 18 April – 9 May 2019 | Phoenix | 1,087 | 22.5% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 8.1% | 13.8% | 12.3% | 5.0% | 9.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.8% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 8.2% |
| 1–15 March 2019 | Focus | 1,590 | 21.6% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 6.0% | 12.9% | 9.2% | 4.0% | 8.9% | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 8.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.7% |

## Parties

* SMER
* Kresťanská demokracia (Christian Democracy)
* Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia
* Korektúra
* Slovak National Party
* We Are Family
* Ordinary People
* Starostovia a nezávislí kandidáti
* Strana práce
* Strana tolerancie a spolunažívania
* Hlas ľudu
* Maďarská kresťanskodemokratická aliancia
* Doprava
* Christian Democratic Movement
* Slovak Green Party
* Most–Híd
* PRIAMA DEMOKRACIA
* Strana rómskej koalície - SRK
* Slovak Conservative Party
* Slovenská národná jednota
* Party of the Hungarian Community
* Doma dobre
* Communist Party of Slovakia and VZDOR
* EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA
* Freedom and Solidarity
* Slovenská ľudová strana Andreja Hlinku
* NAJ – Nezávislosť a Jednota
* Kresťanská únia
* Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER – Civic Democracy
* Demokratická strana
* Národná koalícia

## Sources

* ↑ Európsky parlament Kancelária na Slovensku European Parliament
* ↑ Vo voľbách do EP bude možné hlasovať za kandidátov 31 strán a koalícií Teraz
* ↑ "Eurovolby na Slovensku: Nástup strany prezidentky Čaputové, Fico poprvé nevyhrál, Kotleba uspěl". Reflex.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 July 2019.
* ↑ Peter Pollák sa pridáva k frakcii Európskej ľudovej strany (EPP)
* ↑ "Prieskum: Do Európskeho parlamentu by sa dostalo 10 strán". Pravda.sk. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
* ↑ Gabrižová, Zuzana (Apr 2, 2019). "Prvý prieskum k eurovoľbám: Kotleba je druhý, poslancov by malo osem strán". Retrieved May 25, 2019.