Slovak presidential election, 1999

Slovak Presidential election

15 and 29 May 1999

Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar Party Nonpartisan 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 Schuster	Party of Civic Understanding	1,396,950	47.4	1,727,481	57.2
Vladimír Mečiar	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	1,097,956	37.2	1,293,642	42.8
Magdaléna Vášáryová		194,635	6.6
Ivan Mjartan		105,903	3.6
Ján Slota	Slovak National Party	73,836	2.5
Boris Zala		29,697	1.0
Juraj Švec		24,077	0.8
Juraj Lazarčík		15,386	0.5
Michal Kováč^[a]		5,425	0.2
Ján Demikát		4,537	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		36,022	–	28,098	–
Total		2,984,424	100	3,049,221	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,038,899	73.9	4,041,181	75.5
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. Nohlen & Stöver, p1755

External links

• Tables of official results