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% 42.82%
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.
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rudolf SchusterParty of Civic Understanding1,396,95047.381,727,48157.18
Vladimír MečiarMovement for a Democratic Slovakia1,097,95637.241,293,64242.82
Magdaléna VášáryováIndependent194,6356.60
Ivan MjartanIndependent105,9033.59
Ján SlotaSlovak National Party73,8362.50
Boris ZalaIndependent29,6971.01
Juraj ŠvecIndependent24,0770.82
Juraj LazarčíkIndependent15,3860.52
Michal Kováč[lower-alpha 1]Independent5,4250.18
Ján DemikátSlovak National Alternative4,5370.15
Total2,948,402100.003,021,123100.00
Valid votes2,948,40298.793,021,12399.08
Invalid/blank votes36,0221.2128,0980.92
Total votes2,984,424100.003,049,221100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,038,89973.894,041,18175.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
  1. Withdrew from the election,[3] but remained on the ballot paper

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip 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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