Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994, the first after the country's independence on 1 January 1993.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 The early elections were necessary after the Vladimír Mečiar 1992 government had been recalled in March 1994 by the National Council and a new temporary government under Jozef Moravčík had been created at the same time.
The governing Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) lost seats, but remained the largest party in the National Council with over three times as many seats as the second-placed Common Choice, a left-wing alliance, which almost failed to enter the parliament despite its good performance in pre-election opinion polls. After the election, the HZDS formed a coalition with the Union of the Workers of Slovakia and the Slovak National Party.
Participating parties Party Ideology Political position Leader Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Conservatism Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar Common Choice (SV) Social democracy Centre-left Peter Weiss Hungarian Coalition (MKDM/MKDH–EGY–MPP) Hungarian minority interests Centre-right Béla Bugár Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracy Centre-right Ján Čarnogurský Democratic Union of Slovakia (DEÚS) Liberal conservatism Centre Jozef Moravčík Union of the Workers of Slovakia (ZRS) Left-wing populism Far-left Ján Ľupták Slovak National Party (SNS) Ultranationalism Far-right Ján Slota
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