The Communist Party of Slovakia ( sk, Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) is a
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel ...
in
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
, formed in 1992, through the merger of the
Communist Party of Slovakia – 91
Communist Party of Slovakia (in Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Slovenska – 91'', KSS '91) was a communist party in Slovakia from 1991 to 1992.
KSS '91 was formed by orthodox elements of the original Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), which opp ...
and the
Communist League of Slovakia
The Union of Communists of Slovakia ( sk, Zväz komunistov Slovenska, ZKS) was a communist party in Slovakia ( Czech and Slovak Federative Republic) in 1991–1992. Juraj Janošovský was the party chairman.
Formation of the party
ZKS emerged from ...
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The party is observer of the
Party of the European Left
The Party of the European Left (PEL), commonly abbreviated European Left, is a European political party that operates as an association of democratic socialist and communist political parties in the European Union and other European countries. ...
although it criticizes the Political Theses for the 1st Congress of European Left. For the
2019 European Parliament election the KSS formed a unity list together with
VZDOR – strana práce. The list was called
Socialistický Front.
It received 0.62% of the votes.
Electoral results
See also
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Communist Party of Slovakia (1939)
The Communist Party of Slovakia ( sk, Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) was a communist party in Slovakia. It was formed in May 1939, when the Slovak Republic was created, as the Slovak branches of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) ...
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Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comint ...
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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ( cs, Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. As of 2021, KSČM has a membership of 28,715, and is a member party of The Left in the European Parliament ...
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Politics of Slovakia
Politics of Slovakia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, with a multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the parliament and it can be exercised in some cases also by the government or direct ...
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List of political parties in Slovakia
This article lists political parties in Slovakia.
Slovakia has a democratic multi-party system with numerous political parties, established after the fall of communism in 1989 and shaped into the present form with Slovakia's independence in 1993. ...
References
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1992 establishments in Slovakia
Communist parties in Slovakia
Far-left political parties
Party of the European Left observer parties
Political history of Slovakia
Political parties established in 1992
Political parties in Czechoslovakia
International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties
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