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 Ivan GASPAROVIC
• 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:

• Party: Direction / (SMER)
  • Leader: Robert FICO
  • Seats won in this election: 50
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Party: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union / (SDKU-DS)
  • Leader: Mikulas DZURINDA
  • Seats won in this election: 31
  • Seats won in last election: 28
• Party: Slovak National Party / (SNS)
  • Leader: Jan SLOTA
  • Seats won in this election: 20
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Hungarian Coalition Party / (SMK-MKP)
  • Leader: Bela BUGAR
  • Seats won in this election: 20
  • Seats won in last election: 20
• Party: People's Party - Movement for Democratic Slovakia / (LS- HZDS)
  • Leader: Vladimir MECIAR
  • Seats won in this election: 15
  • Seats won in last election: 36
• Party: Christian Democratic Movement / (KDH)
  • Leader: Pavol HRUSOVSKY
  • Seats won in this election: 14
  • Seats won in last election: 15
• Party: Slovak Communist Party / (KSS)
  • Leader: Jozef SEVC
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 11
• Party: Free Forum / (SF)
  • Leader: Zuzana MARTINAKOVA
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: New Citizen's Alliance / (ANO)
  • Leader: Pavel RUSKO
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 15
• Party: Others
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• The last parliamentary election was held on September 20-21, 2002.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,439,448 (July 2006 est.)
• Registered Voters: 4,272,517 (June 2006)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,767,818 (2006)

·         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: 24 (following the 2006 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: 815,917 (est.)