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 Slovak Direction – Social Democracy
surface form: Direction – Social Democracy
largestPartyByVotes Slovak Direction – Social Democracy
surface form: Direction – Social Democracy
legislatureNumber 5th National Council (post-1993)
legislatureTerm 2010–2012 National Council term
location Slovakia
mainGoverningPartyBeforeElection Slovak Direction – Social Democracy
surface form: 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 Slovak Direction – Social Democracy
surface form: 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