Slovak presidential election, 1999

Slovak Presidential election

May 15 & 29 1999
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Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar
Party Nonpartisan HZDS
Popular vote 1,727,481 1,293,642
Percentage 57.18% 42.81%

President before election

Michal Kováč
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Rudolf Schuster
Nonpartisan

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The 1999 presidential election was held in Slovakia on May 15 (first round) and May 29 (second round) 1999. In the second round, Rudolf Schuster was elected President of Slovakia.

This has been the first direct presidential election ever in Slovakia. Presidents were elected by the parliament before 1999.

Results of 1st round

Candidate Votes  %
Rudolf Schuster 1,396,950 47.37
Vladimír Mečiar 1,097,956 37.23
Magdaléna Vášáryová 194,635 6.6
Ivan Mjartan 105,903 3.59
Ján Slota 73,836 2.5
Boris Zala 29 697 1.0
Juraj Švec 24,077 0.81
Juraj Lazarčík 15,386 0.52
Ján Demikát 4,537 0.15
Michal Kováč 5,425 0.18 (but he withdrew his candid.)

Results of 2nd round

Candidate Votes  %
Rudolf Schuster 1,727,481 57.18
Vladimír Mečiar 1,293,642 42.81

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