An early parliamentary election in Slovakia took place, on 10th March 2012. The election followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová.

The official result of election was not surprising. Everyone expected the victory of party SMER SD and very deep fall of party SDKU-DS.

Leftist opposition party SMER SD has won a landslide victory in an en early parliamentary election, taking 83 out of 150 seats. Smer Social Democracy of former Prime Minister Robert Fico is a clear winner with 44,41% of the vote. The result allows Fico to govern alone. It is the first time since the end of communism in 1989 that any single party has enjoyed a majority in the Slovak parliament.

Five other parties cleared 5% threshold required to win seats to parliament - but only just: none of them won more than 9 percent. Almost tied second place on 8,8% and 8,6% respectively, were the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO). Then came Most- Híd on 6,9%, followed by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU-DS) on 6,1% and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 5,9%.

Fico, who promised to maintain a welafare state, increase corporate tax and hike income tax for  the highest earners , had maintained through the campaign that it was necessary to create a strong , stable government , possibly formed by two parties , in the face of economic uncertainty.

Now, we can be only waiting , which results brings to us the new government, how will develop slovak economy and if our politicians fulfill their election promises.

Marianna P.