1999 Slovak presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 15 May 1999, with a second round on 29 May.[1] Following a constitutional amendment in 1998 that introduced direct presidential elections for the first time,[2] they resulted in a victory for Rudolf Schuster, who received 57% of the vote in the run-off.[3]

1999 Slovak presidential election

← 1998 15 May 1999 (first round)
29 May 1999 (second round)
2004 →
Turnout73.89% (first round)
75.45% (second round)
 
Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar
Party SOP HZDS
Popular vote 1,727,481 1,293,642
Percentage 57.18% 42.82%


President before election

Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting)

Elected President

Rudolf Schuster

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rudolf SchusterParty of Civic Understanding1,396,95047.381,727,48157.18
Vladimír MečiarMovement for a Democratic Slovakia1,097,95637.241,293,64242.82
Magdaléna VášáryováIndependent194,6356.60
Ivan Mjartan [sk]Independent105,9033.59
Ján SlotaSlovak National Party73,8362.50
Boris ZalaIndependent29,6971.01
Juraj Švec [sk]Independent24,0770.82
Juraj Lazarčík [sk]Independent15,3860.52
Michal Kováč[a]Independent5,4250.18
Ján Demikát [sk]Slovak National Alternative4,5370.15
Total2,948,402100.003,021,123100.00
Valid votes2,948,40298.793,021,12399.08
Invalid/blank votes36,0221.2128,0980.92
Total votes2,984,424100.003,049,221100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,038,89973.894,041,18175.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
  1. ^ Withdrew from the election,[3] but remained on the ballot paper

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1740
  3. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1755
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