Slovak presidential election, 1999

Slovak Presidential election
Slovakia
15 and 29 May 1999

 
Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar
Party SOP HZDS
Popular vote 1,727,481 1,293,642
Percentage 57.18% 42.81%
President before election

Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting)

 Elected President

Rudolf Schuster

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 57.2% of the vote in the run-off.[3]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rudolf SchusterParty of Civic Understanding1,396,95047.41,727,48157.2
Vladimír MečiarMovement for a Democratic Slovakia1,097,95637.21,293,64242.8
Magdaléna Vášáryová 194,6356.6
Ivan Mjartan 105,9033.6
Ján SlotaSlovak National Party73,8362.5
Boris Zala 29,6971.0
Juraj Švec 24,0770.8
Juraj Lazarčík 15,3860.5
Michal Kováč[a] 5,4250.2
Ján Demikát 4,5370.2
Invalid/blank votes36,022–28,098–
Total2,984,4241003,049,221100
Registered voters/turnout4,038,89973.94,041,18175.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a Kováč withdrew from the election,[3] but remained on the ballot paper.

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1740
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1755
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