Progressive Slovakia Leads March 2026 Poll, Smer-SD Places Second

Bratislava, 5 April (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia party would have won parliamentary elections in March 2026 with 21.1 percent of the vote, according to polls conducted by Infostat. The governing Smer-SD would have placed second with 20.2 percent, followed by far-right Republic in third with 9.7 percent. The Christian Democratic Movement would have finished fourth with 9.4 percent. According to the survey, it would have been followed by the coalition party Voice-SD with 8.3 percent, Freedom and Solidarity with seven percent, and Democrats with 5.5 percent of the vote. The election result would not have been sufficient for entry into Parliament for the 'Slovakia' party (four percent), Alliance (3.8 percent), the Slovak National Party (3.3 percent), the 'We Are Family' party (1.4 percent), or the 'Right to Truth' party (one percent). Other political entities would have been chosen by less than one percent of respondents. The survey was conducted by Infostat on a representative sample of 1,159 respondents. Data were collected from 9 to 13 March. mf