2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

Elections in Slovakia for the 2019 European Parliament election took place on 25 May 2019.[1] Thirty-one parties featured on the electoral list.[2] 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.[3]

2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia

25 May 2019
All 14 Slovak seats in the European Parliament
Leader Michal Šimečka Monika Beňová Martin Beluský Party PS / SPOLU Smer–SD ĽSNS Alliance ALDE / EPP S&D APF Last election New party 4 seats, 24.1% 0 seat, 1.7% Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 4 1 2 Popular vote 198,255 154,996 118,995 Percentage 20.11% 15.72% 12.07%   Leader Ivan Štefanec Eugen Jurzyca Michal Šipoš Party KDH SaS OĽaNO Alliance EPP ECR EPP Last election 2 seats, 10.9% 1 seat, 6.7% 1 seat, 7.5% Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 95,588 94,839 51,834 Percentage 9.69% 9.62% 5.25%

Results

Party		Europarty	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Slovakia SPOLU	ALDE EPP	198,255	20.11	New	2	New
					New	2	New
	Direction – Social Democracy (SMER)	PES	154,996	15.72	−8.37	3	1
	People's Party – Our Slovakia (ĽSNS)	APF	118,995	12.07	+10.34	2	2
	Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)	EPP	95,588	9.69	-3.52	2†	0
	Freedom and Solidarity (SaS)	AECR	94,839	9.62	+2.96	2	1
	Ordinary People (OĽaNO)	EPP	51,834	5.25	-2.39	1	0
	Party of the Hungarian Community (SMK-MKP)	EPP	48,929	4.96	-1.57	0	1
	Slovak National Party (SNS)	None	40,330	4.09	+0.48	0	0
	Christian Union (KÚ)	None	37,974	3.85	New	0	New
	We Are Family (Sme Rodina - Boris Kollár)	EAPN	31,840	3.23	New	0	New
	Most-Híd	EPP	25,562	2.59	-3.24	0	1
Total		-	1,007,398	100	–	14	+1
Registered voters/turnout		-	4,429,801	22.74	–	–	–
Source: †One seat was taken after Brexit and departure of British MEPs

European groups

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

1. Michal Šimečka, by 81,735 preferential votes
2. Martin Hojsík, by 27,549 preferential votes

SPOLU – EPP

1. Michal Wiezik, by 29,998 preferential votes
2. Vladimír Bilčík, by 26,202 preferential votes

Smer – S&D

1. Monika Beňová, by 89,472 preferential votes
2. Miroslav Číž, by 51,362 preferential votes
3. Robert Hajšel, by 13,773 preferential votes

ĽSNS – APF

1. Milan Uhrík, by 42,779 preferential votes
2. Miroslav Radačovský, by 42,276 preferential votes

KDH – EPP

1. Ivan Štefanec, by 33,128 preferential votes
2. Miriam Lexmann, by 27,833 preferential votes

SaS – AECR

1. Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, by 52,331 preferential votes
2. Eugen Jurzyca, by 33,540 preferential votes

OĽaNO – AECR

1. Peter Pollák, by 23,815 preferential votes

Post-election changes of Europarties

On 5 June, Peter Pollák announced that he is switching from AECR to EPP.[4]

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%
18-9 May 2019	Phoenix[5]	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[6]	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

1. SMER
2. Kresťanská demokracia (Christian Democracy)
3. Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia
4. Korektúra
5. Slovak National Party
6. We Are Family
7. Ordinary People
8. Starostovia a nezávislí kandidáti
9. Strana práce
10. Strana tolerancie a spolunažívania
11. Hlas ľudu
12. Maďarská kresťanskodemokratická aliancia
13. Doprava
14. Christian Democratic Movement
15. Slovak Green Party
16. Most–Híd
17. PRIAMA DEMOKRACIA
18. Strana rómskej koalície - SRK
19. Slovak Conservative Party
20. Slovenská národná jednota
21. Party of the Hungarian Community
22. Doma dobre
23. Communist Party of Slovakia and VZDOR
24. EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA
25. Freedom and Solidarity
26. Slovenská ľudová strana Andreja Hlinku
27. NAJ – Nezávislosť a Jednota
28. Kresťanská únia
29. Progressive Slovakia and TOGETHER – Civic Democracy
30. Demokratická strana
31. Národná koalícia

Sources

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