Election, page 5

(source: TASR)

Parliamentary election takes place in Slovakia on February 29, 2020. Read more about the election here

Exit poll results will be published as soon as the moratorium is over, when the polling stations close at 22:00.

The 2020 election in Slovakia is expected to bring a change after two governments dominated by the Smer party of former prime minister Robert Fico, forced to step down in 2018 in the aftermath of the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová.

On winning battles and losing wars

The election result has brought some bad news for foreigners living in Slovakia.

Igor Matovič and Zuzana Čaputová

It's official: Matovič assigned to form the new government

The potential new prime minister said he would do everything to create a government that history books would mention as the greatest one Slovakia ever had.

The editorial room of the Sme daily.

Texts about election results written by a robot. Sme daily tried a rare experiment

The Sme daily provides election results for every municipality in Slovakia.

Sme Rodina chair Boris Kollár meets President Zuzana Čaputová in the Presidential Palace on March 3, 2020.
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OĽaNO chair Igor Matovič (left) and Za Ľudí chair Andrej Kiska (right) hold a press conference after their first unofficial post-election talk in Bratislava on March 3, 2020.

The Kollár-Kiska relationship may be troublesome for Matovič

Kiska is unwilling to be a part of a government that includes Sme Rodina.

OĽaNO's supporters during the election night

One vote cost OĽaNO 3 euros, Most-Híd paid eight times more

How much did the parties invest into their campaign and how did it pay off?

President Zuzana Čaputová received Igor Matovič, the prime-minister-to-be. Boris Kollár will reportedly be the third top constitutional official - as the parliament's speaker.

Matovič launched coalition talks, met Čaputová (news digest)

Overview of news from Slovakia on March 2, 2020.

Why Čaputová's former party did not make it to parliament

PS/Spolu remaining outside parliament was the surprise of the 2020 election.

How did Slovakia vote?

Check out how the districts and self-governing regions in Slovakia voted in the February 29 parliamentary election.

OĽaNO chair Igor Matovič (l) and Sme Rodina chair Boris Kollár (r)

Slovakia will get an Ordinary PM

The composition of the next parliament still raises more questions than answers the day after election weekend.

Fico (left) and Matovič.

Matovič holds all the trump cards

The rest of the potential ruling coalition is left at his mercy.

Igor Matovič

Final results: Debacle for the coalition, great victory for Matovič

The official results of the parliamentary elections confirm OĽaNO’s victory.

Igor Matovič

A political revolution or the time of marketing and populism?

The foreign media respond to the election outcome.

Matovič and Čaputová have something in common

Slovakia is set to get a conservative parliament and a conservative government. What does it mean and how long will they last?

PM Peter Pellegrini after February's elections.

Smer falls from grace, descends into opposition

A major self-reflection required if the once-strongest party wants to halt the fall.

The representatives of parties that will sit in the parliament. L-r: Veronika Remišová (Za Ľudí), Richard Sulík (SaS), Martin Beluský (ĽSNS), Boris Kollár (Sme Rodina), Juraj Blanár (Smer), and Igor Matovič (OĽaNO).

Where did Matovič get all his votes from?

Authenticity may have been key, experts say.

Igor Matovič
Marian Kotleba (white shirt) and his supporters
Igor Matovič with his wife

Unpredictable, controversial, but the only one to defeat Smer. Meet Igor Matovič

Throughout his ten-year career in politics, Matovič has waged an anti-Smer, anti-Fico campaign.

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