[5] On 7 December 2015, the Ministry of Interior published a list of 23 parties that registered to take part in the elections.

[6] The backdrop of the campaign was centered on the European migrant crisis, with the governing SMER–SD taking an anti-migrant stance into the election.

[7] Teacher and nursing strikes occurring at the start of the year also had a negative effect on public opinion.

They just failed to cross the 5 percent threshold required for parliamentary representation, for the first time since the establishment of an independent Slovakia in 1993.

[20] On 7 March, President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska invited each elected party, with the exception of ĽSNS, for post-election talks.

[23] On 17 March, incumbent Fico informed president Andrej Kiska that he would form a four-party government coalition, including Smer–SD, the Slovak National Party, Most–Híd and Network,[24] which together held 85 of the 150 seats.