Referendums in Slovakia are initiated by gathering 350,000 signatures from Slovak voters. In order to be valid, at least 50% of eligible voters must participate in the referendum. So far, only one referendum has had sufficient turnout, the

2003 Slovak European Union membership referendum A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Slovakia on 16 and 17 May 2003. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 It was approved by 93.7% of those voting, and Slovakia subsequently joined the E ...

, in which 52% of eligible voters cast a ballot and 92% elected to join the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

List of referendums

* 1994 Slovak disclosure referendum * 1997 Slovak referendum * 1998 Slovak privatisation referendum * 2000 Slovak early parliamentary elections referendum *

* 2004 Slovak early parliamentary elections referendum * 2010 Slovak political reform referendum * 2015 Slovak same-sex marriage referendum * 2023 Slovak constitutional referendum

References

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