Christian Democratic Movement

Template:Short description Template:Expand Slovak Template:Redirect Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political party The Christian Democratic Movement (Template:Langx, KDH) is a Christian democratic<ref name="Magone2010">Template:Cite book</ref> political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International.

History

Template:Expand section In the 2014 European elections, KDH came second place nationally, receiving 13.21% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party only won 4.94% of the vote, losing all of its seats. This was the first time since its inception that the party did not reach the parliament. Following the electoral defeat, KDH elected Alojz Hlina its new leader.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Party leaders

Leader		Year
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |1	Ján Čarnogurský	1990–2000
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |2	Pavol Hrušovský	2000–2009
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |3	Ján Figeľ	2009–2016
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |4	Alojz Hlina	2016–2020
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |5	Milan Majerský	2020–present

Election results

Czechoslovak Parliament

Election	Leader	Chamber of People					Chamber of Nations					Government
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1990	Ján Čarnogurský {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	644,008	6.05	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 11 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Increase 4th	564,172	5.31	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 14 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Increase 4th	Template:Yes2
1992	Ján Čarnogurský {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	277,061	2.89	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 5 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Decrease 10th	272,100	2.84	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 6 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	Template:Decrease 7th	Template:No2

Slovak National Council

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Government
1990	Ján Čarnogurský	648,782	19.2	Template:Increase 2nd	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 31	Template:Yes2
1992	Ján Čarnogurský	273,945	8.9	Template:Decrease 3rd	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 13	Template:No2
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National Council

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Government
1994	Ján Čarnogurský	289,987	10.1	Template:Decrease 4th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
1998		884,497	26.3	Template:Increase 2nd	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Yes2
	Part of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK), which won 42 seats in total
2002	Pavol Hrušovský	237,202	8.3	Template:Decrease 5th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	Template:Yes2
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2006		191,443	8.3	Template:Decrease 6th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	Template:No2
2010	Ján Figeľ	215,755	8.5	Template:Increase 4th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:Yes2
2012		225,361	8.8	Template:Increase 2nd	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	Template:No2
2016		128,908	4.9	Template:Decrease 9th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 16	No seats
2020	Alojz Hlina	134,099	4.7	Template:Increase 8th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0	No seats
2023	Milan Majerský	202,515	6.8	Template:Increase 5th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 12	Template:No2

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2004	Anna Záborská	113,655	16.2	Template:Increase 4th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 3	EPP-ED
2009	Martin Fronc	89,905	10.9	Template:Steady 4th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	EPP
2014	Anna Záborská	74,108	13.2	Template:Increase 2nd	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2019	Ivan Štefanec	95,588	9.7	Template:Decrease 4th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady 0
2024	Miriam Lexmann	105,602	7.2	Template:Decrease 5th	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1

President

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	%	Rank	Votes	%	Rank
1999	Template:Yes2	1,396,950	47.4	1st	1,727,48	57.2	1st
2004	Template:No2	129,414	6.5	5th	not qualified
2009	Template:No2	713,735	38.1	2nd	988,808	44.5	2nd
2014	Template:No2	63,298	3.3	6th	not qualified
2019	Template:No2	122,916	5.7	5th	not qualified
2024	Template:No2	958,393	42.5	1st	1,243,709	46.9	2nd

See also

• Politics of Slovakia
• List of political parties in Slovakia
• Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party

External links

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