1998 Slovak presidential election

1998 Slovak Presidential election
← 1993 20 January to 17 December 1998 1999 →
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 have needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.[1][2]

Voting

First Ballot

20 January and 6 February Štefan Markuš (SDK) Juraj Hraško (SDL) Augustín Kurek
First Round 33 22 14
Second Round 37 27 eliminated

Second Ballot

5 and 19 March Ladislav Ballek (SDL) Milan Fogaš
First Round 49 5
Second Round 50 suspended

Third Ballot

16 and 30 April Milan Sečánsky (HZDS) Brigita Schmögnerová (SDL) Zdeno Šuška
First Round 59 43 5
Second Round 72 47 eliminated

Fourth Ballot

9 May Vladimír Abrahám
First Round 13
Second Round suspended

Fifth Ballot

9 July Otto Tomeček (HZDS, SNS, ZRS)
First Round 86
Second Round 86

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.