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’ve needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.[1][2]

Voting

First Ballot

20 January and 6 FebruaryŠtefan Markuš (SDK)Juraj Hraško (SDL)Augustín Kurek
First Round332214
Second Round3727eliminated

Second Ballot

5 and 19 MarchLadislav Ballek (SDL)Milan Fogaš
First Round495
Second Round50suspended

Third Ballot

16 and 30 AprilMilan Sečánsky (HZDS)Brigita Schmögnerová (SDL)Zdeno Šuška
First Round59435
Second Round7247eliminated

Fourth Ballot

9 MayVladimír Abrahám
First Round13
Second Roundsuspended

Fifth Ballot

9 JulyOtto Tomeček (HZDS, SNS, ZRS)
First Round86
Second Round86

Remaining Ballots

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

References

  1. Just, Petr; Hladka, Malvina (21 March 2004). "Cesta k přímé volbě prezidenta na Slovensku". Czech-Slovak Political Science Students' Union. Archived from the original on 2006-06-21. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. "Prehľad výsledkov prezidentských volieb od roku 1993". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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