Slovak parliamentary election 2002

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The Slovak parliamentary election of 2002 was a national legislative vote that reshaped Slovakia’s political landscape by bringing pro-reform, center-right parties to power and influencing the country’s path toward European Union and NATO integration.

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instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterPartyOfPrimeMinister Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
beforePartyOfPrimeMinister Slovak Democratic and Christian Union ⓘ
coalitionPartner Alliance of the New Citizen ⓘ
Christian Democratic Movement ⓘ
Party of the Hungarian Coalition ⓘ
country Slovakia ⓘ
electionType legislative ⓘ
electoralDistrictStructure single nationwide constituency ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% ⓘ
endDate 2002-09-21 ⓘ
influenced Slovakia’s accession to NATO ⓘ
Slovakia’s accession to the European Union ⓘ
keyIssue European Union integration ⓘ
NATO membership ⓘ
economic reforms ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Slovak ⓘ
leadingPartyInGovernmentCoalition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected National Council of the Slovak Republic ⓘ
location Slovakia ⓘ
mainOutcome formation of a center-right coalition government ⓘ
majorOppositionParty Direction – Social Democracy ⓘ
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ⓘ
nextElection Slovak parliamentary election 2006 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 150 ⓘ
oversightBody State Commission for Elections and Control of Financing of Political Parties in Slovakia ⓘ
partOf political history of Slovakia ⓘ
politicalOrientationOfGovernment center-right ⓘ
previousElection Slovak parliamentary election 1998 ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Mikuláš Dzurinda ⓘ
resultedIn second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda ⓘ
significance consolidation of pro-Western foreign policy orientation ⓘ
strengthening of reformist parties in Slovakia ⓘ
startDate 2002-09-20 ⓘ
timePeriod post-communist transition in Slovakia ⓘ
totalSeatsInParliament 150 ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
wonSeats Alliance of the New Citizen: 15 ⓘ
Christian Democratic Movement: 15 ⓘ
Direction – Social Democracy: 25 ⓘ
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia: 36 ⓘ
Party of the Hungarian Coalition: 20 ⓘ
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party: 28 ⓘ

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Slovak parliamentary election 2006 → previousElection → Slovak parliamentary election 2002 ⓘ
Smer – sociálna demokracia → participatedIn → Slovak parliamentary election, 2002 ⓘ
linked to: Slovak parliamentary election 2002