Parties to Be Given Almost €14.3 million for General Election Outcomes in 2026

Bratislava, 24 January (TASR) - Political parties will receive almost €14.3 million for their general election outcomes in 2026, with the sum being distributed among eight parties and one coalition that gained at least 3 percent of the votes in the general election in 2023, according to data published by the Finance Ministry. Contributions are paid to parties gradually for each year of the four-year electoral term from 2023 to 2027. The total sum of contribution to be distributed over four years is €92.87 million. The biggest sum of money, almost €3.6 million, will go to the election winner, Smer-SD. Next comes Progressive Slovakia (PS) with over €2.8 million, followed by Voice-SD with almost €2.4 million. The coalition of OLANO [today 'Slovakia' party - ed.note], Christian Union (KU) and 'For the People' parties will obtain nearly €1.5 million. The Christian Democrats (KDH) will receive over €1.1 million, while Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) will get €1.04 million, and the Slovak National Party (SNS) over €935,000. Contributions are also provided to parties that failed to make it into Parliament, but received more than 3 percent of the votes. The far-right Republic party will thus obtain nearly €460,000, and Alliance [today Hungarian Alliance -ed.note] will receive over €424,000. The parties received the same amounts last year. The Finance Ministry usually transfers the contributions during the summer months. The contribution is divided into three parts: money from the state budget for votes, for party activities, and for mandates. ko/df/mf