At stake in this election:

• 150 seats in the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Rudolf SCHUSTER
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Vladimir MECIAR
• Assembly: Slovakia has a unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) with 150 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Movement for a Democratic Slovakia/Hnutie za Demokraticke Slovensko
• Slovak Democratic Coalition/Slovenska Demokraticka Koalicia
• Party of the Democratic Left/Strana Demokratickej Lavice
• Magyar Coalition Party/Strana Madarskej Koalicie - Magyar Koalicio Partja
• Slovak National Party/Slovenska Narodna Strana
• Party of Civic Understanding/Strana Obcianskeho Porozumenia

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,390,516 (1998)
• Registered Voters: 4,023,191 (1998)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,769,816 (1998)

·         Is Slovakia a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Slovakia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (28 May 1993)

·         Gender Quota: No (there are political parties that have voluntary gender quotas)

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 19 (following the 1998 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 35 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Slovakia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (26 September 2007)

·         Has Slovakia ratified CRPD: Yes (26 May 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 808,577 (est.)