This document summarizes the evolution of political parties in Slovakia since 1989 through a table listing the parties by ideology and showing mergers, splits, and name changes over time. It uses colors and symbols to represent the founding year, election years, and European political affiliations of each party. The table includes over 30 Slovak political parties from across the ideological spectrum such as communist, socialist, liberal, conservative, nationalist, and green parties. Abbreviations are provided for each party.

1. Simply Evolution of the Slovak Political Party System since 1989 © Christian Passin 2001-2012
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Hungarian Parties Civic Movements / Liberals Centre-Right Christian-Conservatives National-Conservatives (Extreme-)Nationalists Greens Socialists/Post-Communists Communists
1989 DS VPN KSS
1990 E-S MNI MKM-MKDH VPN KDH SNS SZS SDSS SDL KSS
1991 HZDS KSS 91 ZKS
1992 MPP-MOS ODÚ SKDH KSS 91 KSS
1993 ADS
ODÚ
1994 DEÚS APR KSU NDS ZRS
1995 DÚ NDS
1996
1997
KSU
1998 SMK-MKP SOP
1999 SMER
2000 DÚ SDKÚ
2001 ANO PSNS
2002 OKS HZD SDA
2003 SF LU LS-HZDS SOP
2004 PSNS
2005 Misia 21-HKD SDSS SDL SMER-SD SDA Usvit
2006 DS SDKÚ-DS
2007
2008 KDS
2009 Most-Híd SaS
2010 LS
2011 99% OL Strana+1 Misia 21-HKD NaS
2012 SMK-MKP Most-Híd 99% SSS SaS OL SF SDKÚ-DS Strana+1 OKS KDH KDS LS LS-HZDS HZD NaS SNS SZ SDL SMER-SD ZRS Usvit KSS

2. SYMBOLS & COLOURS: Simply Evolution of the Slovak Political Party System since 1989
Continuous Development
Merger
Renaming
Splitt off
Colours
Founding year
Election year
European People’s Party (EPP)
European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists (ACER)
European Democratic Party (EDP)
European Green Party (EGP)
Party of European Socialists (SPE)
Party of the European Left (EL)
Party Abbreviation
ADS = Alliance of the Democratic Slovakia |ANO = Alliance of the New Citizen| APR = Alternative Political Realism |DEÚS = Democratic Union of Slovakia | DÚ = Democratic Union | DS = Democratic Party |
E-S = Together | HZD = Movement for Democracy | HZDS = Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | KDH = Christian Democratic Movement | KDS = Conservative Democrats of Slovakia | KSU = Christian Social Union |
KSS = Communist Party of Slovakia| LS-HZDS = People’s Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | LU = People’s Party | Misia21-NKD = Mission 21 - Movement Christian Solidarity |
MKDH = Hungarian Christian Democrat Movement | MNI = Independent Hungarian Initiative |MOST-HÍD = Bridge | MPP-MOS = Hungarian Civic Party | NaS = People and Justice | NDS = Democratic People’s Party |
ODU = Civic Democratic Union| OKS = Civic Conservative Party | OL = Ordinary People and Independents | PSNS = True Slovak National Party| SaS = Freedom and Solidarity | SDA = Social Democratic Alternative |
SDKÚ-DS = Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Union | SDL = Party of the Democratic Left | SDSS = Social-democratic Party of Slovakia | SF = Free Forum |
SKDH = Slovak Christian Democrat Movement | SMER-SD = Direction - Social Democracy | SMK-MKP = Party of the Hungarian Coalition | SNS = Slovak National Party | SOP = Party of Civic Understanding |
SSS = Party of the Free Word | Strana + 1 = Party + 1 | SZ = Green Party | SZS = Slovakian Green Party | Usvit = Dawn | VPN = Public against Violence | ZKS = Communist League of Slovakia |
ZRS = Union of the Workers of Slovakia | 99% = 99 Percent - Civic Voice