1999 Slovak presidential election

1999 Slovak presidential election
← 1998 15 May 1999 (first round)
29 May 1999 (second round)		 2004 →
Turnout73.89% (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.[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% of the vote in the run-off.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1740
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1755