National Council of Slovakia
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox legislature Template:Politics of Slovakia The National Council of the Slovak Republic (Template:Langx, abbreviated to NR SR) is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation with seats distributed via largest remainder method with Hagenbach-Bischoff quota every four years.<ref name="law180-2014">Template:Cite act</ref>
Slovakia's parliament has been called the 'National Council' since 1 October 1992. From 1969 to 1992, its predecessor, the parliament of the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, was called the Slovak National Council (Template:Langx).
The National Council approves domestic legislation, constitutional laws, and the annual budget. Its consent is required to ratify international treaties, and is responsible for approving military operations. It also elects individuals to some positions in the executive and judiciary, as specified by law.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The parliament building is in Bratislava, Slovakia's capital, next to Bratislava Castle in Alexander Dubček Square.
Functions
The 150-seat unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic is Slovakia's sole constitutional and legislative body.<ref>Template:Cite act</ref> It considers and approves the constitution, constitutional amendments, and other legislation.<ref name="Article86">Template:Cite act</ref> It approves the state budget.<ref name="Article86"/> It elects some officials specified by law, as well as justices of the Constitutional Court and the prosecutor general.<ref>Template:Cite act</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prior to their ratification, the parliament also should approve all important international treaties.<ref name="Article86"/> Moreover, it gives consent for dispatching of military forces outside of Slovakia's territory and for the presence of foreign military forces on the territory of the Slovak Republic.<ref name="Article86"/>
Decision-making
The parliament may vote only if a majority of all its members (76) are present. To pass a decision, the approval of a simple majority of all MPs present is required. Almost all legal acts can be adopted by this relative majority. An absolute majority (76 votes) is required to pass a vote of no-confidence in the cabinet or its members, or to elect and recall the Council's speaker or the deputy speakers. A qualified majority of 3/5 of all deputies (at least 90 votes) is required for the adoption of a constitution or a constitutional statute.<ref>Template:Cite act</ref>
Committees of the National Council
Standing committees and current leadership are listed below.
| Committee | Chairperson | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandate and Immunity Committee (Template:Langx) |
Marián Saloň | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Function Incompatibility Committee (Template:Langx) |
Veronika Remišová | style="background:Template:Party color" | | ZĽ |
| Committee for European Affairs (Template:Langx) |
Ján Ferenčák | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Hlas-SD |
| Constitutional Committee (Template:Langx) |
Miroslav Čellár | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Committee for Finance and Budget (Template:Langx) |
Ján Blcháč | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Hlas-SD |
| Committee for Economic Affairs (Template:Langx) |
Róbert Puci | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Hlas-SD |
| Committee for Agriculture and the Environment (Template:Langx) |
Vacant | style="background:Template:Party color" | | |
| Committee for Public Administration and Regional Development (Template:Langx) |
Michal Šipoš | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Slovakia |
| Committee for Social Affairs (Template:Langx) |
Ján Richter | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Committee for Health (Template:Langx) |
Vladimir Baláž | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Committee for Defence and Security (Template:Langx) |
Richard Glück | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Foreign Committee (Template:Langx) |
Marián Kéry | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sport (Template:Langx) |
Jozef Habánik | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Smer-SD |
| Committee for Culture and Media (Template:Langx) |
Roman Michelko | SNS | |
| Committee for Human Rights and National Minorities (Template:Langx) |
Lucia Plaváková | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PS |
| Special Control Committee to Control the Activities of the NBU (Template:Langx) |
Roman Mikulec | style="background:Template:Party color" | | Slovakia |
| Special Control Committee to Control the Activities of the SIS (Template:Langx) |
Vacant | style="background:Template:Party color" | | |
| Special Control Committee to Control the Activities of the Military Intelligence (Template:Langx) |
Tomáš Valášek | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PS |
| Committee for Review of Decisions of the NBU (Template:Langx) |
Irena Bihariová | style="background:Template:Party color" | | PS |
Speakers
Richard Raši has served as Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic since 26 March, 2025.
Structure of former legislatures
The length of the bars underneath represents each party's electoral performance. The difference in the total width of the bars is due to the election threshold of 5%; this threshold prevents a varying number of small parties from entering the National Council (most notably, after the 1994 election).
| 22 | 7 | 48 | 6 | 31 | 14 | 22 |
| [[Communist Party of Slovakia (1939)|Template:Color]] | [[Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1989)|Template:Color]] | [[Public Against Violence|Template:Color]] | [[Green Party (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Coexistence (political party)|Template:Color]]–[[Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 29 | 18 | 74 | 14 | 15 |
| [[Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Coexistence (political party)|Template:Color]]–[[Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 18 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 61 | 17 | 9 |
| [[Common Choice|Template:Color]] | [[Union of the Workers of Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Democratic Union of Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|Template:Color]]–[[Peasants' Party of Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Party of the Hungarian Community|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 23 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 15 | 14 |
| [[Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[Party of Civic Understanding|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Democratic Coalition|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Party of the Hungarian Community|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 11 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 36 | 20 |
| [[Communist Party of Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Alliance of the New Citizen|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Party of the Hungarian Community|Template:Color]] |
| 50 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[Party of the Hungarian Community|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 62 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 9 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Most–Híd|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Freedom and Solidarity|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
| 83 | 13 | 11 | 16 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:9%; color:white;" | 16 | 11 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Most–Híd|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Ordinary People and Independent Personalities|Template:Color]] | [[Freedom and Solidarity|Template:Color]] |
| 49 | 10 | 11 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:11%; color:white;" | 19 | 21 | 11 | 15 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:8%; color:white;" | 14 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak Conservative Party|Template:Color]] | [[Most–Híd|Template:Color]] | [[Ordinary People and Independent Personalities|Template:Color]] | [[Freedom and Solidarity|Template:Color]] | [[We Are Family (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party Our Slovakia|Template:Color]] |
| 38 | 12 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:35%; color:white;" | 53 | 13 | 17 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:11%; color:white;" | 17 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[For the People (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[Ordinary People and Independent Personalities|Template:Color]] | [[Freedom and Solidarity|Template:Color]] | [[We Are Family (Slovakia)|Template:Color]] | [[People's Party Our Slovakia|Template:Color]] |
| 42 | 27 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| [[Direction – Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Voice - Social Democracy|Template:Color]] | [[Progressive Slovakia|Template:Color]] | [[OĽaNO and Friends|Template:Color]] | [[Freedom and Solidarity|Template:Color]] | [[Christian Democratic Movement|Template:Color]] | [[Slovak National Party|Template:Color]] |
Elections
Members of the parliament are elected directly for a 4-year term, under the proportional system. Although the suffrage is universal, only a citizen who has the right to vote, has attained 18 years of age and has permanent residency in the Slovak Republic is eligible to be elected. Similarly to the Netherlands and Israel, the whole country forms one multi-member constituency. The election threshold is 5%. Voters may indicate their preferences within the semi-open list. Parliamentary elections were last held in 2023.
Latest election
2023 Slovak Parliamentary Election
Members (1990–present)
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 1990–92
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 1992–94
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 1994–98
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 1998–2002
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2002–06
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2006–10
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2010–12
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2012–2016
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2016–2020
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2020–2023
- List of members of the National Council of Slovakia, 2023–2027
Buildings
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The main parliament building is situated next to the Bratislava Castle on the castle hill. The building is insufficiently large to accommodate all officials and representatives. The construction started in 1986 when Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia as a building for the Federal Parliament, which usually met in Prague.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The secondary parliament building, the Zhupa house, which was the main building until 1994, is situated at Župné square next to the Trinitarian Church below the castle hill in Bratislava.
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