Referendum 2023

The President of the Slovak Republic announced the referendum by the Decree No. 362/2022 of 4th November 2022 on the petition received on 24th August 2022.

Referendum date: 21st january 2023

The referendum is held in line with the Act No 180/2014 Coll. on Conditions of the Exercise of Voting Rights and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

In line with the Act on Conditions of the Exercise of Voting Rights and on amendments to certain laws as amended No 180/2014 Coll., Section 217 paragraph (2), the Methodology Instruction for Preparation for the Referendum and Processing of Results of the Referendum is issued by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.

The instruction provides guidance for electoral commissions, expert summarisational units of electoral commissions, electoral districts and communes. The guidance is available in Slovak version only.