Slovak Presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April.[1] Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.[2]
Results [edit]
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Vladimír Mečiar |
People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
650,242 |
32.7 |
722,368 |
40.1 |
| Ivan Gašparovič |
Movement for Democracy |
442,564 |
22.3 |
1,079,592 |
59.9 |
| Eduard Kukan |
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union |
438,920 |
22.1 |
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| Rudolf Schuster |
Independent |
147,549 |
7.4 |
| František Mikloško |
Christian Democratic Movement |
129,414 |
6.5 |
| Martin Bútora |
Independent |
129,387 |
6.5 |
| Ján Králik |
Party of the Democratic Left |
15,873 |
0.8 |
| Jozef Kalman |
Left Bloc |
10,221 |
0.5 |
| Július Kubík |
Independent |
7,734 |
0.4 |
| Jozef Šesták |
Independent |
6,785 |
0.3 |
| Stanislav Bernát |
Independent |
5,719 |
0.3 |
| Ľubo Roman |
Alliance of the New Citizen |
1,806 |
0.1 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
29,675 |
– |
26,347 |
– |
| Total |
2,015,889 |
100 |
1,828,307 |
100 |
| Registered voters/turnout |
4,204,899 |
47.9 |
4,202,597 |
43.5 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Election Database, Our Campaigns |
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