1999 Slovak presidential election

1999 Slovak presidential election

15 May 1999 (first round) 29 May 1999 (second round)
Turnout	73.89% (first round) 75.45% (second round)
Nominee Rudolf Schuster Vladimír Mečiar Party SOP HZDS Popular vote 1,727,481 1,293,642 Percentage 57.18% 42.82%
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. Following a constitutional amendment in 1998 that introduced direct presidential elections for the first time, they resulted in a victory for Rudolf Schuster, who received 57% of the vote in the run-off.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Rudolf Schuster	Party of Civic Understanding	1,396,950	47.38	1,727,481	57.18
	Vladimír Mečiar	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	1,097,956	37.24	1,293,642	42.82
	Magdaléna Vášáryová	Independent	194,635	6.60
	Ivan Mjartan	Independent	105,903	3.59
	Ján Slota	Slovak National Party	73,836	2.50
	Boris Zala	Independent	29,697	1.01
	Juraj Švec	Independent	24,077	0.82
	Juraj Lazarčík	Independent	15,386	0.52
	Michal Kováč	Independent	5,425	0.18
	Ján Demikát	Slovak National Alternative	4,537	0.15
Total			2,948,402	100.00	3,021,123	100.00
Valid votes			2,948,402	98.79	3,021,123	99.08
Invalid/blank votes			36,022	1.21	28,098	0.92
Total votes			2,984,424	100.00	3,049,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,038,899	73.89	4,041,181	75.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

External links

• Tables of official results