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APPENDIX:
List of Major Parties and Their Acronyms
Alliance of the New Citizen – ANO
Association of Workers of Slovakia- ZRS
Communist Party of Slovakia - KSS
Christian Democratic Movement - KDH
Democratic Party – DS
Democratic Union – DÚ
Party of Civic Understanding - SOP
Party of the Democratic Left - SDĽ
Party of the Hungarian Coalition - SMK
People’s Party - Movement for Democratic Slovakia – ĽS-HZDS
Public Against Violence - VPN
Slovak Democratic Coalition – SDK
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - SDKÚ
Slovak National Party - SNS
Social Democratic Party of Slovakia - SDSS
Smer
– Social Democracy
Relevant Election Results
(% of votes, major parties only)
Party / Coalition
1990 1992 1994 1998 2002
Communist Party of Slovakia
KSS
0.8 2.7 2.8 6.3
Association of Workers of Slovakia ZRS
7.4 1.3
Party of the Democratic Left
SDĽ
13.4 14.7 10.4 14.7 1.4
Social Democratic Party
SDSS
1.8 4.0
Smer
– Social Democracy
SMER
13.5
Party of Civic Understanding
SOP
8.0
Public Against Violence
VPN 29.4 4.0
Alliance of the New Citizen
ANO
8.0
Democratic Union
DÚ
8.6
Democratic Party
DS
4.4 3.3 3.4
Slovak Democratic Coalition
SDK
26.3
Slovak Democratic and Christian
Union
SDKU
15.1
Christian Democratic Movement KDH 19.2 8.9 10.1
8.3
People’s Party - Movement for
Democratic Slovakia
ĽS-HZDS
37.3 35.0 27.0 19.5
Slovak National Party
SNS
13.9 7.9 5.4 9.1 3.3
Party of the Hungarian Coalition SMK
8.7 9.7 10.2 9.1 11.2