1994 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September and 1 October 1994.[1] 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.

1994 Slovak parliamentary election

30 September–1 October 1994
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,932,669 (75.65%) 8.55 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Peter Weiss Béla Bugár Party HZDS Common Choice MKDM Last election 74 seats, 37.3% 29 seats, 19.8%[lower-alpha 1] 14 seats, 9.7% Seats won 61 18 17 Seat change 13 11 3 Popular vote 1,005,488 299,496 492,507 Percentage 35.0% 10.4% 10.2% Swing 2.3 pp 9.4 pp 0.5 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ján Čarnogurský Jozef Moravčík Ján Ľupták Party KDH DEÚS ZRS Last election 18 seats New party New party Seats won 17 15 13 Seat change 1 New party New party Popular vote 289,987 246,444 211,321 Percentage 10.1% 8.6% 7.4% Swing 1.2 pp New party New party   Seventh party   Leader Ján Slota Party SNS Last election 15 seats, 8.0% Seats won 9 Seat change 6 Popular vote 155,359 Percentage 5.4% Swing 2.5 pp
Prime Minister before election Jozef Moravčík DEÚS Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar HZDS

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.