Slovak parliamentary election 2010

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The Slovak parliamentary election of 2010 was a national legislative vote in Slovakia that reshaped the country’s political landscape by bringing a center-right coalition to power and ending the rule of the left-leaning Smer-SD–led government.

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instanceOf national legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
campaignContext debates over public finances and economic policy ⓘ
issues of corruption and governance ⓘ
coalitionFormedAfterElection Christian Democratic Movement ⓘ
Freedom and Solidarity ⓘ
Most–Híd ⓘ
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
country Slovakia ⓘ
electionDate 2010-06-12 ⓘ
electoralBody National Council of the Slovak Republic ⓘ
electoralDistrict single nationwide constituency ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% ⓘ
firstFemalePrimeMinisterOfSlovakiaResult Iveta Radičová ⓘ
governmentHeadAfterElection Iveta Radičová ⓘ
governmentHeadBeforeElection Robert Fico ⓘ
ideologyOfMainGoverningPartyBeforeElection centre-left ⓘ
largestPartyBySeats Direction – Social Democracy ⓘ
largestPartyByVotes Direction – Social Democracy ⓘ
legislatureNumber 5th National Council (post-1993) ⓘ
legislatureTerm 2010–2012 National Council term ⓘ
location Slovakia ⓘ
mainGoverningPartyBeforeElection Direction – Social Democracy ⓘ
mainOppositionLeaderAfterElection Robert Fico ⓘ
mainRulingPartiesAfterElection Christian Democratic Movement ⓘ
Freedom and Solidarity ⓘ
Most–Híd ⓘ
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
nextElection Slovak parliamentary election 2012 ⓘ
notableOutcome Iveta Radičová became first female Prime Minister of Slovakia ⓘ
end of Smer-SD–led government ⓘ
formation of centre-right coalition government ⓘ
partyLeaderChristianDemocraticMovement Ján Figeľ ⓘ
partyLeaderDirectionSocialDemocracy Robert Fico ⓘ
partyLeaderFreedomAndSolidarity Richard Sulík ⓘ
partyLeaderMost–Híd Béla Bugár ⓘ
partyLeaderSlovakDemocraticAndChristianUnion Mikuláš Dzurinda ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
partyWinningMostSeats Direction – Social Democracy ⓘ
previousElection Slovak parliamentary election 2006 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Iveta Radičová ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Robert Fico ⓘ
resultingGovernmentOrientation centre-right ⓘ
seatsForElection 150 ⓘ
voterEligibility citizens of Slovakia aged 18 or older ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Slovak parliamentary election 2006 → nextElection → Slovak parliamentary election 2010 ⓘ
Slovak parliamentary election 2012 → previousElection → Slovak parliamentary election 2010 ⓘ
Smer – sociálna demokracia → participatedIn → Slovak parliamentary election, 2010 ⓘ
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Smer – sociálna demokracia → wonElection → Slovak parliamentary election, 2010 ⓘ
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Freedom and Solidarity → participatedIn → Slovak parliamentary election, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: Slovak parliamentary election 2010