Slovak Presidential election
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15 and 29 May 1999 |
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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]
Results
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Rudolf Schuster |
Party of Civic Understanding |
1,396,950 |
47.4 |
1,727,481 |
57.2 |
| Vladimír Mečiar |
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
1,097,956 |
37.2 |
1,293,642 |
42.8 |
| Magdaléna Vášáryová |
|
194,635 |
6.6 |
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| Ivan Mjartan |
|
105,903 |
3.6 |
| Ján Slota |
Slovak National Party |
73,836 |
2.5 |
| Boris Zala |
|
29,697 |
1.0 |
| Juraj Švec |
|
24,077 |
0.8 |
| Juraj Lazarčík |
|
15,386 |
0.5 |
| Michal Kováč[a] |
|
5,425 |
0.2 |
| Ján Demikát |
|
4,537 |
0.2 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
36,022 |
– |
28,098 |
– |
| Total |
2,984,424 |
100 |
3,049,221 |
100 |
| Registered voters/turnout |
4,038,899 |
73.9 |
4,041,181 |
75.5 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a Kováč withdrew from the election,[3] but remained on the ballot paper.
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