Slovak presidential election, 2004

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The 2004 presidential elections were held in Slovakia on April 3 (first round) and April 17 (second round) 2004. In the second round, Ivan Gašparovič was elected President of Slovakia.

In the first round former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar led a field of eleven candidates, including his former ally Gašparovič and incumbent President Rudolf Schuster, who polled poorly. The candidate backed by the current government, Eduard Kukan, came third, meaning that the second round on April 17 was contested by Mečiar and Gašparovič. In the second round, Gašparovič easily defeated Mečiar.

[edit] Results of 1st round

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Summary of the 3 and 17 April 2004 Slovakia presidential **election results**
Candidate	Nominating party	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Ivan Gašparovič	Movement for Democracy, People's Union (Slovakia), endorsed by Smer	442,564	22.3	1,079,592	59.9
Vladimír Mečiar	People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	650,242	32.7	722,368	40.1
Eduard Kukan	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union	438,920	22.1
Rudolf Schuster	independent, endorsed by Communist Party of Slovakia	147,549	7.4
František Mikloško	Christian Democratic Movement, endorsed by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition	129,414	6.5
Martin Bútora	independent,	129,387	6.5
Ján Králik	Party of the Democratic Left	15,873	0.8
Jozef Kalman	Left Bloc	10,221	0.5
Július Kubík	independent	7,734	0.4
Jozef Šesták	independent	6,785	0.3
Stanislav Bernát	independent	5,719	0.3
Lubo Roman	Alliance of the New Citizen, withdrew his candidature on March 15	-	-
Total	-	1,986,214	-	1,801,960	-