Christian Democratic Movement

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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.

Key Information

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[4] Social conservatism[5] Pro-Europeanism[6]
Political position	Centre-right[9]
European affiliation	European People's Party
European Parliament group	European People's Party Group
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International (observer)
Colours	Blue   Red
Slogan	Better (2023)[10]
Anthem	"Slovensko moje, otčina moja" ('My Slovakia, My Fatherland')[11]
National Council	11 / 150
European Parliament	1 / 15
Regional governors[12]	1 / 8
Regional deputies[a][12]	62 / 419
Mayors[a][12]	244 / 2,904
Local councillors[a][12]	2,497 / 20,462
Website
kdh.sk
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In the 2014 European elections, KDH came second place nationally, receiving 13.21% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs.^[13]

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.^[14]

Election	Leader	Chamber of People					Chamber of Nations					Government
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1990	Ján Čarnogurský	644,008	6.05	11 / 150	11	4th	564,172	5.31	14 / 150	14	4th	Coalition
1992	Ján Čarnogurský	277,061	2.89	6 / 150	5	10th	272,100	2.84	8 / 150	6	7th	Opposition

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Government
1990	Ján Čarnogurský	648,782	19.2	2nd	31 / 150	31	VPN–KDH–DS
1992	Ján Čarnogurský	273,945	8.9	3rd	18 / 150	13	Opposition (1992–1994)
							SDĽ–KDH–DEÚS–NDS (1994)

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	Government
1994	Ján Čarnogurský	289,987	10.1	4th	17 / 150	1	Opposition
1998		884,497	26.3	2nd	15 / 150	2	SDK–SDĽ–SMK–SOP
	Part of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK), which won 42 seats in total
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	No seats
2020	Alojz Hlina	134,099	4.7	8th	0 / 150	0	No seats
2023	Milan Majerský	202,515	6.8	5th	12 / 150	12	Opposition

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Rank	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2004	Anna Záborská	113,655	16.2	4th	3 / 14	3	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

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