Communist Party of Slovakia

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.

For the old party with the same name, see Communist Party of Slovakia (1939).
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 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. 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.
  6. KSS. "Zjednotená ľavica smeruje k voľbám do Európskeho parlamentu". KSS (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-03-16.


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