1998 Slovak presidential election

1998 Slovak Presidential election

20 January to 17 December 1998

President before election Michal Kováč Elected President none

The 1998 Slovak Presidential elections were held from 20 January to 17 December 1998. The Slovak parliament failed to elect the new president of Slovakia which led to the introduction of a direct election in 1999. A candidate would have needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.

Voting

First Ballot

20 January and 6 February	Štefan Markuš (SDK)	Juraj Hraško (SDL)	Augustín Kurek
First Round	33	22	14
Second Round	37	27	eliminated

Second Ballot

5 and 19 March	Ladislav Ballek (SDL)	Milan Fogaš
First Round	49	5
Second Round	50	suspended

Third Ballot

16 and 30 April	Milan Sečánsky (HZDS)	Brigita Schmögnerová (SDL)	Zdeno Šuška
First Round	59	43	5
Second Round	72	47	eliminated

Fourth Ballot

9 May	Vladimír Abrahám
First Round	13
Second Round	suspended

Fifth Ballot

9 July	Otto Tomeček (HZDS, SNS, ZRS)
First Round	86
Second Round	86

Remaining Ballots

There were another 4 ballots in which no candidate was registered. The last ballot was on 17 December.