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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
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Results of the first round of the election, showing vote strength by district.
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Results of the second round of the election, showing vote strength by district.
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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| 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.