# 2002 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 20 and 21 September 2002. The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia remained the largest party in the National Council, winning 36 of the 150 seats. Mikuláš Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union remained Prime Minister, in coalition with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement, and Alliance of the New Citizen parties.

## Participating parties

| Party | Ideology | Political position | Leader |
| People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS–HZDS) | Slovak nationalism Populism | Syncretic | Vladimír Mečiar |
| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) | Liberal conservatism Christian democracy | Centre-right | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
| Direction (Smer) | Social democracy Democratic socialism | Centre-left | Robert Fico |
| Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK) | Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy | Centre-right | Béla Bugár |
| Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) | Christian democracy Economic liberalism | Centre-right | Pavol Hrušovský |
| Alliance of the New Citizen (ANO) | Liberalism Populism | Centre-right | Pavol Rusko |
| Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) | Communism Marxism–Leninism | Far-left | Jozef Ševc |

## Results

| | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 560,691 | 19.50 | –7.50 | 36 | –7 |
| | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union | 433,953 | 15.09 | New | 28 | New |
| | Direction | 387,100 | 13.46 | New | 25 | New |
| | Party of the Hungarian Coalition | 321,069 | 11.17 | +2.04 | 20 | +5 |
| | Christian Democratic Movement | 237,202 | 8.25 | – | 15 | – |
| | Alliance of the New Citizen | 230,309 | 8.01 | New | 15 | New |
| | Communist Party of Slovakia | 181,872 | 6.33 | +3.53 | 11 | +11 |
| | True Slovak National Party | 105,084 | 3.65 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak National Party | 95,633 | 3.33 | –5.75 | 0 | –14 |
| | Movement for Democracy | 94,324 | 3.28 | New | 0 | New |
| | Social Democratic Alternative | 51,649 | 1.80 | New | 0 | New |
| | Party of the Democratic Left | 39,163 | 1.36 | –13.30 | 0 | –23 |
| | Green Party | 28,365 | 0.99 | New | 0 | New |
| | Independent Civic Party of the Unemployed and Injured | 26,205 | 0.91 | New | 0 | New |
| | Union of the Workers of Slovakia | 15,755 | 0.55 | –0.76 | 0 | 0 |
| | Woman and Family | 12,646 | 0.44 | New | 0 | New |
| | Civic Conservative Party | 9,422 | 0.33 | New | 0 | New |
| | Workers' Party–ROSA | 8,699 | 0.30 | New | 0 | New |
| | Roma Civic Initiative | 8,420 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New |
| | Party for Democratic Civic Rights | 6,716 | 0.23 | New | 0 | New |
| | Left Bloc | 6,441 | 0.22 | New | 0 | New |
| | Political Movement of Roma in Slovakia–ROMA | 6,234 | 0.22 | New | 0 | New |
| | Slovak National Unity | 4,548 | 0.16 | +0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | B–Revolutionary Workers' Party | 2,818 | 0.10 | –0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Party | 763 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 2,875,081 | 100.00 | – | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,875,081 | 98.69 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 38,186 | 1.31 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,913,267 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,157,802 | 70.07 | | | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |||||||