European Parliament election, 2009 (Slovakia)
Overview
 
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Slovakia was the election of the delegation from Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 to the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

 in 2009.

The turnout, although increased compared to the previous election, was 19.63%, the lowest of any nation involved in the election.
The system of dividing seats to the different lists is somewhat different in Slovakia, compared to some other countries.
Quotations

All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to, and enter into another.

The Rights of the Colonists (1772)

In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.

The Rights of the Colonists (1772)

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.

The Rights of the Colonists (1772)

 
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