{{Short description|Slovak political party}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=January 2023}} {{Update|date=October 2023}}}} {{Infobox political party | europarl = Non-Inscrits | slogan = ''Only a strong state will help people'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fiasko, zavádzanie aj nevyužitá šanca. Ako hodnotia billboardovú kampaň odborníci na marketing?|url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/parlamentne-volby-2023/clanok/677814-billboardy-politicke-strany-volby-2023-marketing-reklama-simona-bubanova-robert-slovak/|website=Pravda|date=13 August 2023|language=sk}}</ref> | anthem = "Modlitba za Slovensko"<br />('Prayer for Slovakia')<ref>https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HdiNaKcBZ/</ref> | name = Voice – Social Democracy | native_name = Hlas – sociálna demokracia | native_name_lang = sk | logo = Logo of the Voice – Social Democracy.svg | logo_size = 150px | colorcode = {{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}} | founder = Peter Pellegrini | split = Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2020|6|29}} | registered = {{start date and age|df=yes|2020|9|11}} | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |Social democracy<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first1=Tomáš|last1=Benedikovič|first2=Lucia|last2=Osvaldová|title=Pellegrini na sneme Hlasu: Smer uviazol v minulosti, my sme budúcnosť|url=https://dennikn.sk/3033899/pellegrini-na-sneme-hlasu-smer-uviazol-v-minulosti-my-sme-buducnost/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=1 October 2022|language=sk}}</ref> |Left-wing populism{{refn|<ref name=bbc>{{Cite news|first=Rob|last=Cameron|title=Peter Pellegrini: Russia-friendly populist elected Slovak president|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68754112|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=7 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=pol>{{Cite news|first=Tom|last=Nicholson|title=Slovakia's kingmaker party only wants coalition with populist Fico|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakias-kingmaker-party-only-wants-coalition-with-populist-fico/|website=Politico Europe|publisher=Axel Springer SE|date=10 October 2023}}</ref><ref name=dn>{{Cite web|title=Peter Pellegrini tvrdí, že Slovensko musí na hranici "ukázať silu", aby odstrašilo migrantov|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/3585388/|website=Denník N|date=24 September 2023 |publisher=N Press|language=sk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Karel|last=Janíček|title=A populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia|url=https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-parliamentary-election-c417efef2f33d38086d7229ddc3e24c0|website=AP News|date=1 October 2023|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref>}} |Left-wing nationalism<ref name="leftnat">{{bulleted list|{{cite web |url=https://www.moderntreatise.com/europe/2024/4/16/7h0zz10ce0zxhcdobskaeq9wheu94s |title=Europe Central: Pellegrini’s Victory In The Slovak Elections Reflects Divided Populism In Eastern Europe |date=16 April 2024 |first=Lucien |last=Willey |website=Modern Treatise |quote="On the 6th of April, almost 2,650,000 Slovaks went to the polls to vote in the second-round runoffs of their 2024 Presidential election, deciding between the independent candidate Ivan Korcok, and Peter Pellegrini, of Hlas, a left-wing nationalist party."}}|{{cite web |website=Deutsche Welle |url=https://www.dw.com/en/slovakia-ukraine-skeptic-pellegrini-wins-presidential-race/a-68755514 |date=7 April 2024 |title=Slovakia: Ukraine-skeptic Pellegrini wins presidential race |quote="Peter Pellegrini of the left-wing nationalist Hlas-SD party has won Slovakia's presidential election, official results showed."}}|{{cite web |url=https://thejournal.mt/oil-prices-hit-six-month-high/ |title=Oil prices hit six-month high |date=7 April 2024 |first=Charles |last=Sacco |website=thejournal.mt |quote="Peter Pellegrini of the left-wing nationalist Hlas-SD party has won Slovakia’s presidential election, official results showed."}}|{{cite web |url=https://www.bta.bg/en/videos/21025 |title=Performance of Progressive Slovakia in EP Elections "Somewhat Surprising", Slovak Journalist Says |website=Bulgarian News Agency |date=11 June 2024 |quote="The second is the populist, leftist-nationalist camp, represented by SMER and Hlas." |first=Bozhidar |last=Zahariev}}}}</ref>}} | headquarters = Lazaretská 2400/15, Bratislava | think_tank = Institute of Social Democracy | membership = {{increase}} 2,711<ref>{{Cite web |title=Predlozenie vronej správy politickej strany HAS - sociáina demokracia za predchádzajúci kalendarny rok 2023|url=https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2023/VS23_HLAS.pdf|website=minv.sk|access-date=19 August 2024|language=sk}}</ref> | membership_year = 2022 | position = {{nowrap|Centre-left<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Jason|last1=Hovet|first2=Alex|last2=Richardson|first3=Mark|last3=Heinrich|first4=Tomasz|last4=Janowski|title=Slovakia's populist ex-PM Fico seals coalition deal for new government|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/slovakias-smer-party-sign-agreement-forming-new-government-monday-2023-10-16/|website=Reuters|location=Prague|date=16 October 2023|access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref> to left-wing<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-01 |title=A populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia |url=https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-parliamentary-election-c417efef2f33d38086d7229ddc3e24c0 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>}} | european = Party of European Socialists (associate; suspended) | colors = {{color box|#fa0f18|border=darkgray}} Red<br>{{color box|{{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}|border=darkgray}} Red-violet<!-- SEE TALK PAGE --><br>{{color box|#0b0f57|border=darkgray}} Blue <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/ -->| seats1_title = National Council | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats2_title = European Parliament | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP}} | seats3_title = Regional governors<ref name=volb>{{Cite web|title=Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania|url=https://www.volbysr.sk/oso/sk/suhrnne_vysledky.html|url-status=dead|website=volbysr.sk|date=30 October 2022|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102214647/https://www.volbysr.sk/oso/sk/suhrnne_vysledky.html|archive-date=2 November 2022}}</ref> | seats3 = {{composition bar|1|8|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | seats4_title = Regional deputies{{efn|Also with coalitions.}}<ref name=volb/> | seats4 = {{composition bar|60|419|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | seats5_title = Mayors{{efn|Also with coalitions.}}<ref name=volb/> | seats5 = {{composition bar|649|2904|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | seats6_title = Local councillors{{efn|Also with coalitions.}}<ref name=volb/> | seats6 = {{composition bar|2700|20462|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | website = {{URL|strana-hlas.sk}} | country = Slovakia | leader1_name = Matúš Šutaj Eštok | leader1_title = Chairman | leader2_title = Vice-Chairpersons | leader2_name = {{List collapsed|title={{nobold|''See list''}}|Tomáš Drucker|Richard Raši|Denisa Saková|Erik Tomáš}} | leader3_title = General Manager | leader3_name = Igor Tkačivský | leader4_name = Peter Pellegrini | leader4_title = Honorary Chairman }} '''Voice – Social Democracy''' ({{langx|sk|Hlas – sociálna demokracia}}), also commonly referred to as '''Hlas''', is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia.<ref name="auto5">{{cite web|first=Dušan|last=Mikušovič|title=Pellegrini sa odhodlal: odmietol Fica a odíde zo Smeru|trans-title=Pellegrini decided: He rejected Fico and left Smer|url=https://dennikn.sk/1925549/pellegrini-sa-odhodlal-odmietol-fica-a-odchadza-zo-smeru/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=10 June 2020|language=sk}}</ref> It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD)<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|title=Hlas – Sociálna demokracia|url=https://pellegrini.sk/hlas-socialna-demokracia/|url-status=dead|website=Peter Pellegrini's Official Website|access-date=3 August 2020|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706150513/https://pellegrini.sk/hlas-socialna-demokracia/|archive-date=6 July 2020}}</ref> led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October 2022, it was admitted as an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),<ref>{{Cite web|title=PES Congress welcomes new PES leadership team and four new member parties|url=https://pes.eu/pes/pes-congress-welcomes-new-pes-leadership-team-and-four-new-member-parties/|website=Party of European Socialists|date=15 October 2022}}</ref> although its membership was later suspended in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=European socialists suspend Robert Fico's Smer party and its ally Hlas|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/european-socialists-suspent-robert-fico-smer-hlas-party/|website=Politico Europe|date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
Several members of the party's presidium, including its founder Peter Pellegrini, are associated with bribery and abuse of power in the testimonies of cooperating defendants. In December 2020, the National Crime Agency charged Peter Žiga, a member of the party's presidium, with bribery.
==History== Party leader Peter Pellegrini joined Direction – Social Democracy (Smer–SD) in 2000. After being elected to the National Council in the 2006 parliamentary election, Pellegrini served in several positions as state secretary, minister and speaker of the National Council. He was elected vice-chairman of Smer–SD in 2014. Pellegrini succeeded Robert Fico as prime minister after the 2018 government crisis triggered by the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. Fico remained the party chairman.
Pellegrini led Smer–SD electoral list in the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, while still serving as party vice-chairman. After winning 170,000 more personal votes than Fico, Pellegrini called for a party convention and expressed his intention to run for party chairman.
The political party was announced on 29 June 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Announcement of the Preparatory Committee of the political party with the start of collecting signatures for the registration of the political party called HLAS – Social Democracy|url=https://www.minv.sk/?psph_opv_hlassd|url-status=dead|website=Ministry of the Interior|date=29 June 2020|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630192115/https://www.minv.sk/?psph_opv_hlassd|archive-date=30 June 2020}}</ref> and registered by the Ministry of the Interior on 11 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pellegrini's Voice-SD Party Now Registered|url=https://newsnow.tasr.sk/policy/pellegrinis-voice-sd-party-now-registered/|website=NewsNow|agency=News Agency of the Slovak Republic|date=11 September 2020}}</ref> The party was launched by the former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. On the day of the launch of the new party, Pellegrini left Smer–SD, along with ten more of the party's members of the National Council. It had to obtain 10,000 signatures by 25 December 2020 to be registered as a party. Pellegrini, Matúš Šutaj Eštok, and Peter Kmec formed the party's preparatory committee, and Pellegrini became the party's chairman.<ref name="Bariack 2021">{{Cite news|first=Ladislav|last=Bariak|title=Pellegriniho jedenástka končí. Nastupuje Hlas – sociálna demokracia|trans-title=Pellegrini's eleven exit. Voice – Social Democracy is coming.|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/802768/pellegriniho-jedenastka-konci-nastupuje-hlas-socialna-demokracia/|website=Aktuality.sk|publisher=Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia|date=29 June 2020|access-date=24 April 2021|language=sk}}</ref> Until the end of the term, the 11 deputies were classified as non-inscrits within the National Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poslanci, ktorí nie sú členmi poslaneckých klubov|trans-title=Deputies who are not members of parliamentary caucus|url=https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Default.aspx?sid=poslanci/kluby/nezavisli|website=National Council of Slovakia|access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref>
Immediately after the party was formed, its support was about 16%. In October 2020, the party became the most popular for the first time, and remained ahead in most opinion polls until January 2023. After Pellegrini visited Olaf Scholz in March 2023, some commentators perceived a shift in the preferred Slovak party of the Party of European Socialists (PES) from Smer–SD to Hlas–SD, due to more radical rhetoric from the former party.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Martin|last=Hanus|title=Smer verzus Hlas / Prečo Fico predbieha Pellegriniho a čo to znamená pre krajinu|url=https://www.postoj.sk/126223/preco-fico-predbieha-pellegriniho-a-co-to-znamena-pre-krajinu|website=Postoj|access-date=14 March 2023|language=sk}}</ref> Both parties were suspended from PES in October 2023 after forming a coalition with the far-right Slovak National Party.<ref>{{Cite news|first1=Katrin|last1=Jochecová|first2=Eddy|last2=Wax|first3=Jacopo|last3=Barigazzi|title=European socialists suspend Robert Fico's Smer party and its ally Hlas|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/european-socialists-suspent-robert-fico-smer-hlas-party/|website=Politico Europe|date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
==Ideology== While Hlas, a splinter party formed from Direction – Social Democracy (Smer) aims to represent a more moderate Slovak social democracy, it "never embraced the environmentalist and socially progressive values characterising other rebranded social-democratic parties in Western and Eastern Europe" and instead "opted to differentiate itself from Smer mainly by providing a more institutional and technocratic leadership style, in contrast to Fico’s increasingly populist and radical approach".<ref>{{cite journal |title=What Can Czech and Slovak Social Democratic Parties Expect From Progressive Rebranding? A Demand-Side Perspective Through the Clustering of WVS/EVS Respondents |first=Nevio |last=Moreschi |journal=Politologický časopis - Czech Journal of Political Science |issue=3 |volume=31 |year=2024 |publisher=The Central and Eastern European Online Library |page=255 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1294343}}</ref> It has a symbiotic relationship with Smer. While Smer's radicalization on sociocultural and foreign policy issues attract right-wing voters, Hlas appeals to moderate voters who are warded off by Smer's ideological shift. Nevertheless, the party has an ideological continuity with Smer.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mobile Voters: Patterns of Electoral Volatility in Slovakia |first1=Oľga |last1=Gyárfášová |first2=Roman |last2=Hlatky |first3=Martin |last3=Slosiarik |journal=Politologický časopis - Czech Journal of Political Science |volume=31 |issue=2 |year=2024 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1278172 |pages=121-140 |publisher=The Central and Eastern European Online Library}}</ref>
Smer and Hlas are considered to have "subtly different ideological programmes". Hlas puts emphasis on universal and European values, whereas Smer has a more national conservative approach, presenting itself as a specifically Slovak social democracy of a conservative and rustic character and with rejection of socially progressive values such as pro-LGBT and environmental agendas. Hlas pursues a more subtle approach, focusing on the concept of a 'strong state that helps the people'. It denounced economic liberalism, criticizing Freedom and Solidarity for wanting to limit the role of the state in society and rejecting the "13th month" pension payments. Hlas advocates generous social welfare, special programs for the poorest layers of Slovak society, and focusing on underdeveloped regions. After 2023, Hlas stated that it was abandoning its "middle position" between Smer and Progressive Slovakia, instead opting to align with Smer as a "programmatically close party".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Success or Failure of a Newcomer? The HLAS-SD Party as a New Player in the Slovak Party System |first1=Pavel |last1=Hynčica |first2=Daniel |last2=Šárovec |journal=Politologický časopis - Czech Journal of Political Science |issue=2 |year=2024 |doi=10.5817/PC2024-2-169 |url=https://czechpolsci.eu/article/view/39741 |page=181|doi-access=free }}</ref> The party aligned with Smer on issues such as Slovak withdrawal from NATO.<ref>{{cite conference |title=Afirmație de neutralitate: cine vrea să se retragă din NATO în Slovacia? |trans-title=Neutrality claim: who wants to withdraw from NATO in Slovakia? |first=Michael |last=Augustín |conference=Strategia Securității Uniunii Europene în contextul Metamorfozelor Relațiilor Internaționale |date=22 April 2022 |location=Chişinău |isbn=978-9975-56-874-6 |page=123 |url=https://ibn.idsi.md/ro/vizualizare_articol/163448}}</ref>
Hlas has been described as moderate on socio-cultural issues, in contrast to the social conservatism of Smer. Hlas has avoided taking stances on issues such as vaccination, same-sex partnerships, or abortion, and instead focuses mainly on core social-democratic issues such as healthcare and the welfare state. The party also argues that "membership within the European Union and NATO is a guarantee of prosperity and safety". Overall, Hlas is considered "friendlier towards Euro-Atlantic institutions and less sympathetic towards Russia" than Smer.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The strategic dilemma of social democracy: Lessons from Slovakia |first1=Roman |last1=Hlatky |first2=Oľga |last2=Gyárfášová |author-link2=:sk:Oľga Gyárfášová |year=2025 |doi=10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102911 |journal=Electoral Studies |volume=95 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261379425000174 |publisher=Elsevier|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Hlas states that it has a pro-European outlook and promotes traditional social-democratic goals within the welfare state.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Pellegrini zakladá stranu Hlas-Sociálna demokracia|url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/pellegrini-zaklada-stranu-hlas-socialn/477147-clanok.html|website=Teraz|date=29 June 2020|access-date=18 October 2021|language=sk}}</ref>
In 2024, Erik Tomáš also said that the party will support intentions of Smer–SD to fight against liberalism and progressive ideologies.<ref name="dnsk1">{{Cite news|title=Strana Hlas je pripravená zúčastniť sa rokovaní, pokiaľ bude potrebná zmena ústavy v súvislosti s bojom proti progresívnej ideológii, ktorý ohlásil Robert Fico|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/4084454/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=7 July 2024|language=sk}}</ref> In 2025, party leader Matúš Šutaj Eštok stated that "people around the world are realizing that the liberal and progressive ideologies of today's politicians do not truly represent freedom and progress but rather coercion and decline," citing examples such as Donald Trump's reelection, the collapse of Trudeau cabinet, the collapse of Scholz cabinet, the French political crisis, and the electoral victory of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ).
Hlas has been described as a catch-all party.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news|first=Miro|last=Kern|title=Pellegrini berie hromadne voličov koalície, ulovil ich už viac ako 100-tisíc (+ grafy) |url=https://dennikn.sk/2240889/pellegrini-berie-hromadne-volicov-koalicie-ulovil-ich-uz-viac-ako-100-tisic-grafy/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=25 January 2021|language=sk}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite news|first=Tomáš|last=Gális|title=Dutý Pellegriniho Hlas|url=https://dennikn.sk/1949491/duty-pellegriniho-hlas/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=29 June 2020|language=sk}}</ref>
==Criminal charges and accusations== {{Criticism section|date=January 2023}} In December 2020, the National Crime Agency charged the incumbent member of the party's presidium and former Minister of Environment in Pellegrini's cabinet Peter Žiga with bribery. According to the testimony of the former Deputy Minister of Justice in Pellegrini's cabinet Monika Jankovská (pleading guilty of bribery and abuse of power), Žiga was to offer a bribe of €100,000 to the judge deciding the international dispute Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Petra Žigu obvinili z podplácania, usvedčuje ho Monika Jankovská|url=https://dennikn.sk/2191608/petra-zigu-obvinili-z-korupcie-policia-zatial-nepoziadala-parlament-o-jeho-vydanie-do-vazby/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=17 December 2020|language=sk}}</ref>
In August 2021, former President of the Financial Administration František Imrecze and IT entrepreneur Michal Suchoba (both pleading guilty of bribery) testified that in 2014, incumbent party leader Peter Pellegrini then serving as Deputy Minister of Finance had asked for and subsequently received a bribe of €150,000 for political support for the adoption of a virtual treasury.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Imrecze a Suchoba trvajú na výpovediach, že Výboh prevzal úplatok pre Pellegriniho. Predseda Hlasu: "Môžu si robiť srandu zo šampanského"|url=https://dennikn.sk/2507533/imrecze-a-suchoba-trvaju-na-vypovediach-vyboh-prevzal-uplatok-pre-pellegriniho-predseda-hlasu-mozu-si-robit-srandu-zo-sampanskeho/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=18 August 2021|language=sk}}</ref> {{As of|January 2023}}, the National Crime Agency has not filed charges in this case. In 2018, Pellegrini had a property case,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Imrecze a Suchoba ukázali na Petra Pellegriniho. Hovoria o úplatku vo výške 150-tisíc eur|url=https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/905740/imrecze-a-suchoba-ukazali-na-petra-pellegriniho-hovoria-o-uplatku-vo-vyske-150-tisic-eur/|website=Aktuality.sk|publisher=Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia|date=7 July 2021|language=sk}}</ref> having bought a luxury apartment in Bratislava for €410,000. According to his property declaration, Pellegrini was to cover €246,000 from his own income and borrow the remainder, despite reports suggesting that since 2006 he has earned a total of €460,000 from public office.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Peter|last=Kováč|title=Pellegrini bude bývanie vysvetľovať podobne ako Fico|url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/20795125/pellegrini-bude-byvanie-vysvetlovat-podobne-ako-fico.html|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|date=3 April 2020|language=sk}}</ref>
In April 2022, as a part of the testimony of former President of the Financial Administration František Imrecze about an alleged criminal organization led by former prime minister of Slovakia and incumbent leader of Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Robert Fico, the current party deputy chairman Erik Tomáš was to illegally obtain compromising materials on their political rival and then opposition leader Igor Matovič by abusing state bodies. The National Crime Agency has not filed charges in this case because it is barred by the statute of limitations.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Prečo s Ficom neobvinili aj Erika Tomáša? Imrecze vypovedá, že pýtal kompro na Matoviča, je to však už premlčané|url=https://dennikn.sk/2817364/preco-s-ficom-neobvinili-aj-erika-tomasa-imrecze-vypoveda-ze-pytal-kompro-na-matovica-je-to-vsak-uz-premlcane/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|date=21 April 2022|language=sk}}</ref>
== Election results == ===National Council=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % !Rank ! Seats !+/– !Status |- !2023 |Peter Pellegrini |436,415 |14.7 |3rd |{{composition bar|27|150|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | bgcolor="lightgrey"| |{{yes|Smer–Hlas–SNS}} |}
=== European Parliament === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !List leader !Votes !% !Rank !Seats !+/– !EP Group |- !2024 |Branislav Becík |106,076 |7.2 |4th |{{composition bar|1|15|hex={{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | |''NI'' |}
=== Presidential === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ ! rowspan="2" |Election ! rowspan="2" |Candidate ! colspan="3" |First round ! colspan="3" |Second round |- !Votes !% !Rank !Votes !% !Rank |- !2024 |{{Yes|Peter Pellegrini}} |834,718 |37.0 |2nd |1,409,255 |53.1 |1st |}
== Party chairmen == {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Leader !Year |- ! style="background:{{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}; color:white" |1 |Peter Pellegrini |2020–2024 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Voice – Social Democracy}}; color:white" |2 |Matúš Šutaj Eštok |2024–present |}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Political parties in Slovakia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Voice - Social Democracy}} Category:2020 establishments in Slovakia Category:Direction – Social Democracy breakaway groups Category:Political parties established in 2020 Category:Pro-European political parties in Slovakia Category:Social democratic parties in Slovakia