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Parliament name (generic / translated) Narodna rada Slovenskej republiky / National Council
Affiliation date(s) 1993 -
President Andrej Danko (M)
Notes Elected on 23 March 2016.
Secretary General Daniel Guspan (M)
Notes 26 April 2013 -
Members (statutory / current number) 150 / 150 PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
Women (current number) 30 (20.00%)
Mode of designation directly elected 150
Last renewal dates 5 March 2016
Address National Council of the Slovak Republic
Phone (421 2) 59 72 11 11
59 72 25 12
Fax (421 2) 54 41 53 24
E-mail jarmila.novakova@nrsr.sk
Electoral law 16 March 1990
Last amendment: 29 May 2014 (Act 180/2014 & Act 181/2014)
Constituencies One nationwide constituency.
Voting system Proportional: Closed party list system using Hagenbach Bischoff method and greatest remainders calculation for leftover seats.
Each elector can cast four preferential votes for candidates with respect to the same list.
Each party (even listed in a coalition) needs to obtain 5% of the national vote to gain parliamentary representation.
- Slovak citizenship (including naturalized citizens)
- citizens overseas can vote under certain conditions.
- disqualifications: imprisonment, legal incapacity, limitation on personal freedom for health purposes
- permanent residence in country
- ineligibilities: imprisonment, legal incapacity and limitation on personal freedom for health purposes.
- police and career military officers
- prison or judicial guards
Candidacy requirements - candidature must be submitted at least 90 days prior to elections
- candidature must be submitted by political parties, each of which must have a minimum of 10,000 members unless it had representatives in the outgoing legislature
- deposit for political parties: 17,000 euros, reimbursed if the party has obtained at least 2% of the valid vote
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) 5 March 2016
Timing and scope of renewal Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer - Social Democracy (Smer-SD), which since 2012 had formed the first-ever single-party government in Slovakia, lost its absolute majority but remained the largest party. It took 49 seats in the 150-member National Council, down from 83. The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), led by Mr. Richard Sulik, nearly doubled its seats from 11 to 21 and became the second largest party. During the election campaign, the major parties focused on migration, welfare system and the economy.
On 22 March, President Andrej Kiska (independent) tasked Mr. Fico with forming a new government. The following day, the President swore in a coalition government, comprising Smer-SD, the Slovak National Party (SNS) led by Mr. Andrej Danko, Most-Híd, an ethnic Hungarian party led by Mr. Bela Burgar and Network (#SIET) formed in June 2014 by Mr. Radoslav Procházka. The government has 30 days to obtain parliamentary approval.
Date of previous elections: 10 March 2012
Expected date of next elections: March 2020
Number of candidates: 2,194 (1,473 men, 721 women)
Percentage of women candidates: 32.9%
Number of parties contesting the election: 23*
*22 parties and one coalition.
Note: The Smer - Social Democracy (Smer-SD), which led the outgoing government on its own, formed a coalition government under the same Prime Minister.
Names of parties in government: Smer - Social Democracy (Smer-SD), Slovak National Party (SNS), Most-Híd and Network (#SIET)
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 23 March 2016
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party, SNS)
Round no 1 5 March 2016
Valid votes 4'426'760
2'648'184 (59.82%)
Smer - Social Democracy (Smer-SD)
Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (O'LANO - NOVA)
People's Party - Our Slovakia (L'SNS)
"We are a family" (SME RODINA - Boris Kollár)
Network (#SIET)
"We are a family" (SME RODINA - Boris Kollár) 11
Percent of women 120
National Council (01.04.2016)
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Title Chairman of the National Council
- reasons for interruption of the term: resignation, death, removal by the Council
Appointment - elected by all the Members of the Council
- election is held at the opening of the session of the Council
- election is held after the Members' mandates are validated and after the Members are sworn in
Eligibility - any Deputy may be candidate; a formal notification of candidature is required
- nominations must be submitted within the deadline determined by an agreement of political parties
- theoretically, it is possible to submit proposals until the beginning of the vote
- an absolute majority of all Deputies is required
- if no candidate obtains the required majority, further rounds are held
- new candidates may run in subsequent rounds
Procedures / results - the former President presides over the Council during the voting
- the Deputies commission supervises the voting
- the Deputies commission announces the results without any delay
- the results can be challenged by the newly elected President
Status - ranks second in the hierarchy of State, after the Head of State
- represents the Council with the public authorities
- is ex officio member of some bodies outside Parliament, e.g. the State Defence Council
- in the absence of the President, the Vice-President can assume his/her role and functions
Board - the Chairman's meeting is not formally regulated - it consists of the Chairman and four Vice-Chairmen - it is summoned by the Chairman and held every week
- the Political Board consists of the Chairman and the deputy clubs' Chairmen, with a total of 7 Members - is convened by the Chairman upon request by at least two Deputy clubs - makes recommendation to the Chairman
Material facilities - salary determined by law
- makes announcements concerning the COuncil through the Chancellery of Parliament
- is in charge of discipline within the Council
- interprets the rules or other regulations governing the life of the Council
Special powers - is responsible for establishing the Council's draft budget
- is consulted for the recruitment, assignment and promotion of staff
- appoints and recalls the Head of the Chancellery
- plays a specific role in the conduct of foreign affairs or defence matters as a Member of the State Defence Council
- proposes bills or amendments in his/her capacity of Deputy
- declares laws adopted by the Council
Nature of the mandate · Free representation (Art. 73 (2) of the Constitution of 03.09.1992)
Start of the mandate · When the MPs take the oath (S. 5 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council). Procedure (Art. 75 (1) of the Constitution, S. 4 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council).
Validation of mandates · Validation by the National Council (Art. 76 of the Constitution)
· Procedure (S. 8 and 57 (1) (a) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
Can MPs resign? Yes · Yes, of their own free will (Art. 81 (1) of the Constitution)
· Procedure (S. 10 (2) (c) and (3) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
· Authority competent to accept the resignation (S. 2 (3) (e) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council): the National Council
- Loss of mandate for refusal to take the oath (Art. 75 (2) of the Constitution, S. 10 (2) (a) and (3), and 57 (1) (b) and (f), 135 (c), 136 (1), (2) (c), and (3), 137, 138, and 139 (3) and (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council; see also Start of the mandate)
- Breach of the ban on voting for another Member (S. 39 (6), 135 (b), and 139 (2) to (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council; see Discipline - Procedure for offence or insult, breach of the ban on voting for another Member, major breach of the oath)
- Conviction for a serious malicious offence (Art. 81 (2) of the Constitution, S. 10 (2) (d) and (3) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Incompatibilities (Art. 77 (1) of the Constitution, S. 9, 10 (2) (f) and (3), and 58 (a) and (c) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council, Constitutional Act No. 119/1995 of the National Council)
- Loss of eligibility (Art. 74 (2) of the Constitution)
- General procedure (S. 2 (3) (e) and (f), S. 57 (1) (c) and (g) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
(b)	Death (S. 10 (2) (e) and (3) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
3.	The Chairpersons of the committees
4.	The Authentication Officers of the National Council
5.	The Vice-chairperson of the committees
6.	The Authentication Officers of the committees
7.	The Chairpersons of the political groups
8.	The Vice-Chairpersons of the political groups
· Basic salary: in accordance with function
+ Across-the-board remuneration:
- 70 % of the basic salary when residence at the seat of the Council
- 80 % of the basic salary when residence outside of the Council's seat
+ Additional allowances
· Exemption from tax for the across-the-board remuneration. The basic salary and the additional allowances are not tax exempt.
(a)	Secretariat for the President
(c)	Official car for the President and the Vice-Presidents
(d)	Security guards for the President
(e)	Telephone services for the President and the Vice-Presidents free of charge
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary non-accountability · The concept does exist (Art. 78 (1) of the Constitution).
· Parliamentary non-accountability applies to words spoken and written by MPs both within and outside Parliament if related to the exercise of the mandate.
· Derogations: disciplinary measures (Art. 78 (1) of the Constitution, S. 2 (3) (f), 57 (1) (f), 135 (a), 136 (1), (2) (a), and (3), 137, 138, and 139 (1) and (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council; see also Discipline)
· Non-accountability takes effect on the day when the mandate begins and offers, after the expiry of the mandate, protection against prosecution for opinions expressed during the exercise of the mandate (Art. 78 (1) of the Constitution).
Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary inviolability · The concept does exist (Art. 78 (2) of the Constitution).
· It applies only to criminal and disciplinary proceedings, covers all offences and protects MPs from arrest and from being held in preventive custody, from the opening of judicial proceedings against them, and from their homes being searched.
· Derogations: in cases of flagrante delicto offences or crimes, MPs may be arrested. The President of the National Council has to be notified without delay. Unless the arrest is approved by the Mandate and Immunity Committee, the Member must be immediately released (Art. 78 (3) of the Constitution, S. 43 (2) (h), 57 (1) (e), and 140 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council).
· Parliamentary inviolability does not prevent MPs from being called as witnesses before a judge or tribunal (see, however, Art. 79 of the Constitution).
· Parliamentary immunity (inviolability) can be lifted (Art. 78 (2) of the Constitution):
- Competent authority (S. 2 (3) (f), and 57 (1) (d) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council): the National Council, on recommendation of the Mandate and Immunity Committee
- Procedure (S. 57 (1) (d) and (2), and 141 to 142 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council). In this case, MPs can be heard. They do not have means of appeal.
Training · There is a training/initiation process on parliamentary practices and procedures for MPs. It consists of a one-week seminar on parliamentary procedures and practices at the beginning of the mandate, and of visits of similar committees abroad during the exercise of the mandate.
· It is provided by the National Council.
- Handbook on the Constitution of the Slovak Republic, the Act on Rules of Procedure of the Slovak National Council, the Act on Members of Parliament and Other Acts
Participation in the work of the Parliament · It is compulsory for MPs to be present at plenary sittings, committee meetings, and other meetings (S. 63 (1) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council; for the Attendance Roster and excuse for absence, see S. 63 (2) to (10) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council).
· Penalties foreseen in case of failure to fulfil this obligation (S. 63 (6) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council, S. 7 (1) and (2) of the Act No. 120/1993 of the National Council (Law on Pay and Allowances): reduction of salary
· Body competent to judge such cases/to impose penalties: the Chancellery
Discipline · The rules governing discipline within Parliament are contained in Art. 75 (2) of the Constitution, S. 2 (3) (f), 32, 39 (6), 57 (1) (b) and (f), and 135 to 139 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council.
- Warning for irrelevance (S. 32 (1) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Loss of the floor/order to cease speaking (S. 32 (1) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Call to order (S. 32 (2) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Order to leave the Chamber (S. 32 (2) and (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Prohibition to use firearms (S. 32 (3) and (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council): call to order
- Offence or insult (S. 135 (a) and 139 (1) and (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council): order to apologise, fine
- Breach of the ban on voting for another Member (S. 39 (6), 135 (b), and 139 (2) to (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council; see also Loss of mandate): reprimand, fine, loss of the mandate
- Major breach of the oath (Art. 75 (2) of the Constitution, S. 135 (c), and 139 (3) to (4) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council): loss of mandate (see also Loss of mandate)
- Warning for irrelevance, loss of the floor, order to cease speaking, call to order, order to leave the Chamber, prohibition to use firearms: the President
- Breach of the ban on voting for another Member, major breach of the oath: the National Council
- Offence or insult: the Mandate and Immunity Committee, the National Council
Penalties are imposed by the Chancellery.
- Warning for irrelevance, loss of the floor, order to cease speaking (S. 32 (1) and (5) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Call to order, order to leave the Chamber (S. 32 (2), (4) and (5) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Prohibition to use firearms (S. 32 (3) to (5) of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
- Offence or insult, breach of the ban on voting for another Member, major breach of the oath (S. 2 (3) (f), 57 (1) (b) and (f), 135 to 139 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council)
Code (rules) of conduct · This concept does not exist in the country's juridical system but there are some relevant provisions (Art. 77 (1) of the Constitution, S. 9, 10 (2) (f) and (3), and 58 of the Act on Rules of Procedure of the National Council, Constitutional Act No. 119/1995 of the National Council).
· Penalties foreseen for violation of the rules of conduct: loss of mandate (incompatibilities)
· Competent body to judge such cases/to impose penalties: the National Council
· Procedure (S. 2 (3) (f), S. 57 (1) (g), and 58 (a) and (c) of the Act on Rules of Procedure). In this case, MPs have means of recourse.
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