Editing Elections in Slovakia (section)

===Parliamentary elections===

Slovakia is a [[parliamentary republic]]. [[Legislature|Legislative powers]] are vested in the [[National Council (Slovakia)|National Assembly of the Slovak Republic]] (Slovak: Národná rada Slovenskej republiky, NRSR). The NRSR is of a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] body and consists of 150 members of the parliament directly elected by [[universal adult suffrage]] for a four-year term office. The prime minister, who serves as the head of government, is appointed by the president, but is accountable solely to the NRSR. The seats at National Assembly are elected by a [[proportional representation]] (PR) in a single, nationwide electoral constituency. Slovakia has a [[multi-party system]], with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Before the elections, political parties (or coalitions of two or more parties) submit the lists of candidates. Voters may indicate preferences for up to four candidates in one list. The seats at National Council are distributed by [[Hagenbach-Bischoff system|Hagenbach-Bischoff]] method on a nationwide basis - however a threshold of 5% of the votes needs to be met in order for a party to participate in the distribution of National Council seats, whereas coalitions of two to three parties and four or more parties are required to obtain at least seven and ten percent of the vote, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slovak Republic Parliamentary Elections 5 March 2016 |url=https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/slovakia/235591?download=true |website=osce.org |access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref>

The latest elections were held on [[2023 Slovak parliamentary election|30 September 2023]].