Voice – Social Democracy


Voice – Social Democracy, is a proposed social-democratic political party in Slovakia. It was registered at the Ministry of the Interior on June 29, 2020. The members of the party's preparatory committee are deputies of the National Council Peter Pellegrini, Matúš Šutaj Eštok and Peter Kmec. In order for a party to be formed, it must obtain 10,000 signatures of Slovak citizens over the age of 15 who agree with its establishment by 25 December 2020. Pellegrini, former Prime Minister and current Deputy Speaker of Parliament, is to become the party's chairman after its formation. Pellegrini founded the party with a group of MEPs after leaving the Direction – Social Democracy party. There are 11 members of parliament in favour of the party, all of whom were elected as candidates for the SMER-SD in the previous election. However, they appear to be unclassified, the parliamentary leadership did not allow them to form a parliamentary group.

Representation in parliament

Deputies of the National Council of the Slovak Republic joining the party

There are currently 11 members of the parliamentary party. All are former members of the Direction – Social Democracy party who were elected on the list of candidates of this party in the elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic in 2020.
NameElected as
a member		Number of preferred
votes		Order on
ballot		Order after consideration
preferential votes
Peter PellegriniSMER-SD413 5551.1.
Richard RašiSMER-SD154 7224.3.
Denisa SakováSMER-SD144 1003.4.
Erik TomášSMER-SD62 0049.5.
Peter ŽigaSMER-SD28 3866.9.
Matúš Šutaj EštokSMER-SD5 04910.12.
Ľubica LaššákováSMER-SD10 78113.13.
Peter KmecSMER-SD1 52416.16.
Róbert PuciSMER-SD2 68926.26.
Ján FerenčákSMER-SD2 67928.28.
Ján BlcháčSMER-SD3 18438.38.

Election preferences

Party preferences in percentages according to FOCUS

Party preferences in percentages according to AKO

Notes
* Roughly marked values mean that the 5% threshold required to enter parliament is exceeded.