[1] Direction – Social Democracy emerged as the largest party in the National Council, winning 50 of the 150 seats.

Its leader Robert Fico was appointed Prime Minister on 4 July 2006, leading a three-party centre-left populist coalition.

For the first time Slovak citizens living abroad could vote, using absentee ballots.

[3] On 28 June, Fico announced that the government coalition would consist of his Smer-SD, together with the SNS and ĽS-HZDS.

The Party of European Socialists (PES) criticized this decision because of nationalist statements of the leader of the SNS and subsequently suspended Smer-SD's membership.