1999 Slovak presidential election

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]

1999 Slovak presidential election
15 May 1999 (first round)
29 May 1999 (second round)
 
Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar
Party SOP HZDS
Popular vote 1,727,481 1,293,642
Percentage 57.18% 42.81%
Results of the first round, showing vote strength by district.
President before election

Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting)

 Elected President

Rudolf Schuster

Results
Results of the first round of the election, showing vote strength by district.
Results of the second round of the election, showing vote strength by district.
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 Vášáryová194,6356.6
Ivan Mjartan105,9033.6
Ján SlotaSlovak National Party73,8362.5
Boris Zala29,6971.0
Juraj Švec24,0770.8
Juraj Lazarčík15,3860.5
Michal Kováč[a]5,4250.2
Ján Demikát4,5370.2
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. Nohlen & Stöver, p1755
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