At stake in this election:

• 150 seats in the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Rudolf SCHUSTER
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Mikulas DZURINDA
• Assembly: Slovakia has a unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Movement for a Democratic Slovakia/Hnutie za Demokraticke Slovensko
• New Civic Alliance/Aliancia Noveho Obcana
• Christian Democratic Alliance/Krestanskodemokraticke Hnutie
• Communist Party of Slovakia/Komunisticka Strana Slovenska
• Slovak Christian Democratic Union/Slovenska Demokraticka a Krestanska Unia
• Hungarian Coalition Party/Strana Madarskej Koalicie
• Smer (Direction)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,376,912 (2002)
• Registered Voters: 4,157,802 (2002)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,767,078 (2002)

·         Is Slovakia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Slovakia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (28 May 1993)

·         Gender Quota: No (there are political parties that have voluntary gender quotas)

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 29 (following the 2002 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 35 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Slovakia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (26 September 2007)

·         Has Slovakia ratified CRPD: Yes (26 May 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 806,536 (est.)