The National Council of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak: Národná rada Slovenskej republiky, often just: Národná rada) (NR SR) has been the name of the parliament of Slovakia since 1993 (more precisely since 1 October 1992). From 1969 to 1992, its predecessor, the parliament of the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, was called the Slovak National Council (Slovenská národná rada).
It has 150 seats. The main parliament building is situated next to the Bratislava Castle on the castle hill. The secondary parliament building, which was the main building until 1994, is situated next to the Trinity Church below the castle hill in Bratislava.
For the speakers see: List of leaders of Slovak parliaments
Latest election
| Summary of the 2002 Slovakia National Council election resultsedit |
| Parties |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
|
19,5 |
36 |
| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia) |
|
15,1 |
28 |
| Direction (Smer) |
|
13,5 |
25 |
| Party of the Hungarian Coalition (Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja) |
|
11,2 |
20 |
| Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie) |
|
8,3 |
15 |
| Alliance of the New Citizen (Aliancia Nového Občana) |
|
8,0 |
15 |
| Communist Party of Slovakia (Komunistická strana Slovenska) |
|
6,3 |
11 |
| True Slovak National Party (Pravá Slovenská národná strana) |
|
3,7 |
- |
| Slovak National Party (Slovenská národná strana) |
|
3,3 |
- |
| Movement for Democracy (Hnutie za demokraciu) |
|
3,3 |
- |
| Social Democratic Alternative (Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva) |
|
1,8 |
- |
| Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratickej ľavice) |
|
1,4 |
- |
| Total (Turnout 70.07 %) |
|
|
150 |
- note: the election results do not correspond to the current seats in the parliament, because many deputies and parties have split from parties or switched sides in the parliament in the meantime
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