Communist Party of Slovakia
Komunistická strana Slovenska
LeaderJozef Hrdlička
Founded29 August 1992
Merger ofKSS '91
ZKS
HeadquartersBratislava
NewspaperKroky
(The Steps)
Membership (2021)1,829 (Increase 17)[1]
IdeologyCommunism[2]
Marxism–Leninism[3]
Political positionFar-left[2]
European affiliationINITIATIVE
PEL (Observer)
International affiliationIMCWP
Colours  Red
SloganZáruka lepšieho života
(Guaranteeing a better life)
National Council
0 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 13
Presidents of self-governing regions
0 / 8
Regional parliaments
0 / 408
Local councils
62 / 20,646
Party flag
Flag of the Communist Party of Slovakia
Website
www.kss.sk

The Communist Party of Slovakia (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992 through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.

The party is observer of the Party of the European Left although it criticizes the Political Theses for the 1st Congress of European Left.[4] For the 2019 European Parliament election the KSS formed a unity list together with VZDOR – strana práce. The list was called Socialistický Front.[5][6] It received 0.62% of the votes.

Electoral results

Results since 1992
(year links to election page)
Year Leader Type of Election Votes % Seats
1992 Vladimír Ďaďo Parliament 23,349 0.76% 0
1994 Parliament 78,419 2.73% 0
1998 Parliament 94,015 2.79% 0
2002 Jozef Ševc Parliament 181,872 6.33% 11
2004 European Parliament 31,908 4.54% 0
2006 Parliament 89,418 3.88% 0
2009 Jozef Hrdlička European Parliament 13,643 1.65% 0
2010 Parliament 21,104 0.83% 0
2012 Parliament 18,583 0.72% 0
2014 European Parliament 8,510 1.51% 0
2016 Parliament 16,278 0.62% 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Výročná správa KSS za rok 2021" [KSS Annual Report for 2021] (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Communist Party of Slovakia. 27 April 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b March, Luke (2008). Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe (PDF). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-86872-000-6.
  3. ^ "Program KSS".
  4. ^ "KomInform: KP der Slowakei (KSS) kritisiert Thesen der EU-Linkspartei". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  5. ^ "Zjednotená ľavicová koalícia KSS a VZDORu- strany práce smeruje k voľbám do parlamentu EÚ | VZDOR – strana práce". vzdor.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ KSS. "Zjednotená ľavica smeruje k voľbám do Európskeho parlamentu". KSS (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-03-16.

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