Communist Party of Slovakia

{{For|the old party with the same name|Communist Party of Slovakia (1939)}}

{{Infobox political party

| country = Slovakia

| name = Communist Party of Slovakia

| native_name = Komunistická strana Slovenska

| logo = Logo of the Communist Party of Slovakia.svg

| leader = Jozef Hrdlička

| foundation = 29 August 1992

| newspaper = Kroky
(The Steps)

| merger = KSS '91
ZKS

| colorcode = {{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Communism{{cite book|title=Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe|last=March|first=Luke|year=2008|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-86872-000-6|page=3|url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/05818.pdf|access-date=2018-02-18|archive-date=2011-09-09|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110909054601/http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/05818.pdf|url-status=live}}
Marxism–Leninism{{cite web|title=Program KSS|url=http://kss.sk/program|access-date=2019-04-28|archive-date=2019-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605124715/http://kss.sk/program|url-status=live}}}}

| position = Far-left

| membership_year = 2022

| membership = 1,547 ({{decrease}} 239){{cite web|url=https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2023/VS23_KSS.pdf|title=Výročná správa KSS za rok 2023|trans-title=KSS Annual Report for 2023|lang=sk|publisher=Communist Party of Slovakia|location=Bratislava|date=4 April 2024}}

| national =

| international = IMCWP

| european = INITIATIVE
PEL (Observer)

| europarl =

| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}|border=darkgray}} Red

| slogan = Záruka lepšieho života
(A guarantee of a better life)

| seats1_title = National Council

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|150|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}}}

| seats2_title = European Parliament

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|15|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}}}

| seats3_title = Presidents of self-governing regions

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}}}

| seats4_title = Regional parliaments

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|408| {{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}}}

| seats5_title = Local councils

| seats5 = {{Composition bar|62|20646|{{party color|Communist Party of Slovakia}}}}

| headquarters = Bratislava

| flag = File:Flag of the Communist Party of Slovakia.svg

| website = {{URL|http://www.kss.sk/}}

}}

The Communist Party of Slovakia ({{langx|sk|Komunistická strana Slovenska}}, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992 through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.

The party is observer of the Party of the European Left although it criticizes the Political Theses for the 1st Congress of European Left.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kominform.at/article.php/20051031185746462/print |title=KomInform: KP der Slowakei (KSS) kritisiert Thesen der EU-Linkspartei |access-date=2010-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612150709/http://www.kominform.at/article.php/20051031185746462/print |archive-date=2011-06-12 |url-status=dead }} For the 2019 European Parliament election the KSS formed a unity list together with VZDOR – strana práce. The list was called Socialistický Front.{{Cite web|url=http://vzdor.org/?p=5114|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522144153/http://vzdor.org/?p=5114|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2019|title=Zjednotená ľavicová koalícia KSS a VZDORu- strany práce smeruje k voľbám do parlamentu EÚ {{!}} VZDOR – strana práce|website=vzdor.org|access-date=2019-03-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://kss.sk/zjednotena-lavica-smeruje-k-volbam-do-europskeho-parlamentu|title=Zjednotená ľavica smeruje k voľbám do Európskeho parlamentu|last=KSS|website=KSS|language=sk-SK|access-date=2019-03-16}} It received 0.62% of the votes.