1998 Slovak parliamentary election

1998 Slovak parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.25% (Increase 0.08 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš
Party HZDS KDH SDĽ
Alliance SDK
Last election 61 seats, 35.0% 32 seats, 22.1%[a] 18
Seats won 43 42 23
Seat change Decrease 18 Increase 10 Increase 5
Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507
Percentage 27.0% 26.3% 14.7%
Swing Decrease 8.0 pp Increase 4.2 pp Increase 4.3 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster
Party SMK SNS SOP
Last election 17 seats, 10.2% 9 seats, 5.4% Did not exist
Seats won 15 14 13
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 5 New
Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343
Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 8.0%
Swing Decrease 1.1 pp Increase 3.7 pp New

Results of the election, showing vote strength by district

Prime Minister before election

Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

Elected Prime Minister

Mikuláš Dzurinda
KDH

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.[1] The elections resulted in the defeat of the Vladimír Mečiar government and the election of Mikuláš Dzurinda as Prime Minister. His party, the Slovak Democratic Coalition formed a coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.


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  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7