Referendum in Slovakia (2004)

Slovak referendum on April 3, 2004
“Do you advocate that deputies of the People’s Council of the Slovak Republic adopt a law to terminate the activities of the People’s Council of the 3rd convocation and support the elections to the People’s Council in 2004?” Yes or no Votes Percent Not 179,524 12.1% Yes 1 305 023 87.9% Total votes 1 503 784 100.00% Turnout 35.9% Required Turnout Threshold 50 % Electorate 4 193 347

The referendum in Slovakia 2004 is the sixth referendum in the history of Slovakia, which took place on April 3, 2004 ^[1] . On the agenda was the issue of holding early parliamentary elections, which was as follows: “Do you advocate that deputies of the People’s Council of the Slovak Republic adopt a law to terminate the activities of the People’s Council of the 3rd convocation and support the elections to the People’s Council in 2004?” ( Slovak. Ste za to, aby poslanci NR SR prijali ustavný zákon o skrátení III. volebného obdobia NR SR tak, aby sa voľby do NR SR konali v roku 2004? ). 35.86% of voters participated in the referendum, as a result of which it was declared invalid (the threshold of 50% was not exceeded) ^{[2] [3] [4]} .

The referendum was announced according to the petition of the Confederation of Trade Unions, it was initiated by the Kurs Party, the Communist Party of Slovakia , the Party of Left Democrats and the People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia . The referendum was also initiated by the then President of Slovakia, Rudolf Schuster . Of the 608,518 signatures for the referendum, 557,282 were recognized as valid. According to the results of the referendum, 87.9% of voters supported the holding of early elections, while 12.1% opposed it.