Christian Democratic Movement

The Christian Democratic Movement (Slovak: Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, KDH) is a Christian-democratic^[3] political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International.

"KDH" redirects here. For other uses, see KDH (disambiguation).

Christian Democratic Movement Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie
Abbreviation	KDH
Leader	Milan Majerský
Deputy Leaders	Marián Čaučík Igor Janckulík Tomáš Merašický
General Secretary	Marek Michalčík
Parliamentary caucus leader	Igor Janckulík
Founder	Ján Čarnogurský
Founded	17 February 1990 (1990-02-17)
Headquarters	Šafárikovo námestie 77/4, 81102 Bratislava
Youth wing	Christian Democratic Youth of Slovakia
Membership (2023)	5,834[1]
Ideology	Christian democracy[2][3] Social conservatism[4] Pro-Europeanism[5]
Political position	Centre-right[6][7]
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party Group
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International (observer)
Colours	Blue   Red   Light yellow[a]
Slogan	"Better" (2023)[9]
Anthem	"Slovensko moje, otčina moja"[10] "My Slovakia, My Fatherland"
National Council	11 / 150
European Parliament	1 / 15
Regional governors[11]	1 / 8
Regional deputies[b][11]	62 / 419
Mayors[b][11]	244 / 2,904
Local councillors[b][11]	2,497 / 20,462
Website
kdh.sk
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History

In the 2014 European elections, KDH came second place nationally, receiving 13.21% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs.^[12]

In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party only won 4.94% of the vote, losing all of its seats. This was the first time since its inception that the party did not reach the parliament. Following the electoral defeat, KDH elected Alojz Hlina its new leader.^[13]

Party leaders

Leader		Year
1	Ján Čarnogurský	1990–2000
2	Pavol Hrušovský	2000–2009
3	Ján Figeľ	2009–2016
4	Alojz Hlina	2016–2020
5	Milan Majerský	2020–present

Election results

National Council

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Status
1990	Ján Čarnogurský	648,782	19.2%	2nd	31 / 150		VPN–KDH–DS
1992		273,945	8.9%	3rd	18 / 150	13	Opposition (1992–1994)
							SDĽ–KDH–DEÚS–NDS (1994)
1994		289,987	10.1%	4th	17 / 150	1	Opposition
1998		Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK)			15 / 150	2	SDK–SDĽ–SMK–SOP
2002	Pavol Hrušovský	237,202	8.3%	5th	15 / 150	0	SDKÚ–SMK–KDH–ANO (2002–2006)
							Opposition (2006)
2006		191,443	8.3%	6th	14 / 150	1	Opposition
2010	Ján Figeľ	215,755	8.5%	4th	15 / 150	1	SDKÚ–SaS–KDH–Bridge
2012		225,361	8.8%	2nd	16 / 150	1	Opposition
2016		128,908	4.9%	9th	0 / 150	16	Extra-parliamentary
2020	Alojz Hlina	134,099	4.7%	8th	0 / 150	0	Extra-parliamentary
2023	Milan Majerský	202,515	6.8%	5th	12 / 150	12	Opposition

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2004	Anna Záborská	113,655	16.2%	4th	3 / 14		EPP-ED
2009	Martin Fronc	89,905	10.9%	4th	2 / 13	1	EPP
2014	Anna Záborská	74,108	13.2%	2nd	2 / 13	0
2019	Ivan Štefanec	95,588	9.7%	4th	2 / 14	0
2024	Miriam Lexmann	105,602	7.2%	5th	1 / 15	1

President

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	%	Rank	Votes	%	Rank
1999	Endorsed Rudolf Schuster	1,396,950	47.4%	1st	1,727,48	57.2%	1st
2004	František Mikloško	129,414	6.5%	5th	not qualified
2009	Endorsed Iveta Radičová	713,735	38.1%	2nd	988,808	44.5%	2nd
2014	Pavol Hrušovský	63,298	3.3%	6th	not qualified
2019	Endorsed František Mikloško	122,916	5.7%	5th	not qualified
2024	Endorsed Ivan Korčok	958,393	42.5%	1st	1,243,709	46.9%	2nd

See also

• Politics of Slovakia
• List of political parties in Slovakia
• Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party

Notes

1. historical^{[8][better source needed]}
2. Also with coalitions.

References

1. "Výročná správa za rok 2023" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2023.
2. Bakke, Elisabeth (2010). "Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989". Central and East European party systems since 1989. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781139487504.
3. José Magone (2010). Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Routledge. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-203-84639-1.
4. Bodnárova, Bernardína (2006), "Social Policy", Slovakia 2005: A Global Report on the State of Society, Institute for Public Affairs, p. 307
5. Muller, Thomas; Isacoff, Judith; Lansford, Tom (2012). Political Handbook of the World 2012. Los Angeles, California: CQ Press. p. 1284. ISBN 978-1-60871-995-2.
6. Henderson, Karen (1999). "Minorities in Europe: Croatia, Estonia and Slovakia". Minorities and Politics in the Slovak Republic. Cambridge University Press. p. 150. ISBN 9789067041171.
7. Bunce, Valerie; Wolchik, Sharon L. (2011). Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries. Cambridge University Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781107006850.
8. "Website". Christian Democratic Movement (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 July 2004.
9. Mikušovič, Dušan (20 March 2023). "Strany hľadajú slogan, ktorým trafia náladu voličov. Po "konci chaosu" od Smeru to PS skúša s "normálnosťou"". Denník N (in Slovak). Bratislava: N Press.
10. "História KDH". Christian Democratic Movement (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
11. "Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania | Voľby do orgánov samosprávy obcí 2022". volbysr.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 15 December 2022.
12. "Elections to the European Parliament 2014". ep2014statistics.sk. 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
13. "Novým predsedom KDH sa stal suverénne Alojz Hlina". TA3 (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 June 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Slovak)