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1999 Slovak presidential election
Results of the first round, showing vote strength by district.
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
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.
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
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.
References
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