1998 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.[1] The elections resulted in the defeat of the Vladimír Mečiar government and the election of Mikuláš Dzurinda as Prime Minister. His party, the Slovak Democratic Coalition formed a coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.

1998 Slovak parliamentary election

25–26 September 1998
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,389,346 (84.25%) 8.60 pp
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš Party HZDS SDK SDĽ Last election 61 seats, 35.0% 32 seats, 22.1%[lower-alpha 1] In Common Choice Seats won 43 42 23 Seat change 18 10 N/A Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507 Percentage 27.0% 26.3% 14.7% Swing 8.0 pp 4.2 pp N/A   Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster Party SMK SNS SOP Last election 17 seats, 10.2% 9 seats, 5.4% New party Seats won 15 14 13 Seat change 2 5 New party Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343 Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 8.0% Swing 1.1 pp 3.7 pp New party
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district.
Prime Minister before election Vladimír Mečiar HZDS Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda KDH

Participating parties

Party	Abbr.	Founded	Ideology	Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko	HZDS	1991	National conservatism, Slovak nationalism, Populism	Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak Democratic Coalition Slovenská demokratická koalícia	SDK	1997	Conservative liberalism, Christian democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Mikuláš Dzurinda
Party of the Democratic Left Strana demokratickej ľavice	SDĽ	1939	Democratic socialism, Social democracy, Left-wing populism	Jozef Migaš
Party of the Hungarian Coalition Strana maďarskej koalície	SMK	1998	Hungarian minority interests, Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism	Béla Bugár
Slovak National Party Slovenská národná strana	SNS	1989	Slovak nationalism, Right-wing populism, Euro-Slavism	Ján Slota
Party of Civic Understanding Strana občianskeho porozumenia	SOP	1998	Social liberalism, Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Rudolf Schuster

Results

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	+/–
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	907,103	27.00	–7.97	43	–18
	Slovak Democratic Coalition	884,497	26.33	+4.25	42	+10
	Party of the Democratic Left	492,507	14.66	N/A	23	N/A
	Party of the Hungarian Coalition	306,623	9.13	–1.06	15	–2
	Slovak National Party	304,839	9.07	+3.67	14	+5
	Party of Civic Understanding	269,343	8.02	New	13	New
	Communist Party of Slovakia	94,015	2.80	+0.07	0	0
	Union of the Workers of Slovakia	43,809	1.30	–6.04	0	–13
	Our Slovakia	16,192	0.47	New	0	New
	Slovak People's Party	9,227	0.27	New	0	New
	Hungarian Popular Movement for Reconciliation and Prosperity	6,587	0.20	New	0	New
	Independent Initiative	6,232	0.19	New	0	New
	Slovak National Unity	4,688	0.14	New	0	New
	B–Revolutionary Workers' Party	4,391	0.13	New	0	New
	United Labour Party of Slovakia	3,574	0.11	New	0	New
	Slovak National Alternative	3,034	0.09	New	0	New
	Third Way Movement	2,515	0.07	New	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		30,170	–	–	–	–
Total		3,389,346	100	–	150	0
Registered voters/turnout		4,023,191	84.25	+8.60	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

1. Combined results for KDH, DEÚS, and DS.

References

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