Slovak presidential election, 2004

Slovak Presidential election
Slovakia
3 April & 17 April 2004

 
Nominee Ivan Gašparovič Vladimír Mečiar
Party HZD ĽS–HZDS
Popular vote 1,079,592 722,368
Percentage 59.9% 40.1%

President before election

Rudolf Schuster
Nonpartisan

Elected President

Ivan Gašparovič
HZD

Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April.[1] Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.[2]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Vladimír MečiarPeople's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia650,24232.7722,36840.1
Ivan GašparovičMovement for Democracy442,56422.31,079,59259.9
Eduard KukanSlovak Democratic and Christian Union438,92022.1
Rudolf SchusterIndependent147,5497.4
František MikloškoChristian Democratic Movement129,4146.5
Martin BútoraIndependent129,3876.5
Ján KrálikParty of the Democratic Left15,8730.8
Jozef KalmanLeft Bloc10,2210.5
Július KubíkIndependent7,7340.4
Jozef ŠestákIndependent6,7850.3
Stanislav BernátIndependent5,7190.3
Ľubo RomanAlliance of the New Citizen1,8060.1
Invalid/blank votes29,67526,347
Total2,015,8891001,828,307100
Registered voters/turnout4,204,89947.94,202,59743.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Election Database, Our Campaigns

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1755-1756
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