2012 Slovak parliamentary election

2012 Slovak parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	58.90% ( 0.25 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Fico Ján Figeľ Igor Matovič Party SMER–SD KDH OĽaNO Last election 62 seats, 34.79% 15 seats, 8.52% Did not exist Seats won 83 16 16 Seat change 21 1 New party Popular vote 1,134,280 225,361 218,537 Percentage 44.41% 8.82% 8.55% Swing 9.62 pp 0.30 pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Béla Bugár Mikuláš Dzurinda Richard Sulík Party Most-Híd SDKÚ-DS SaS Last election 14 seats, 8.12% 28 seats, 15.42% 22 seats, 12.14% Seats won 13 11 11 Seat change 1 17 11 Popular vote 176,088 155,744 150,266 Percentage 6.90% 6.09% 5.88% Swing 1.22 pp 9.33 pp 6.26 pp
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district
Prime Minister before election Iveta Radičová SDKÚ–DS Elected Prime Minister Robert Fico Smer–SD

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led coalition in October 2011 over a no confidence vote her government had lost because of its support for the European Financial Stability Fund. Amidst a major corruption scandal involving local center-right politicians, former Prime Minister Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy won an absolute majority of seats.