1999 Slovak presidential election

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]

1999 Slovak presidential election

← 1998 15 May 1999 (first round) 29 May 1999 (second round) 2004 →
Turnout	73.89% (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%
First round results by district Second round results by district
President before election Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting) Elected President Rudolf Schuster

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Rudolf Schuster	Party of Civic Understanding	1,396,950	47.38	1,727,481	57.18
	Vladimír Mečiar	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	1,097,956	37.24	1,293,642	42.82
	Magdaléna Vášáryová	Independent	194,635	6.60
	Ivan Mjartan [sk]	Independent	105,903	3.59
	Ján Slota	Slovak National Party	73,836	2.50
	Boris Zala	Independent	29,697	1.01
	Juraj Švec [sk]	Independent	24,077	0.82
	Juraj Lazarčík [sk]	Independent	15,386	0.52
	Michal Kováč[a]	Independent	5,425	0.18
	Ján Demikát [sk]	Slovak National Alternative	4,537	0.15
Total			2,948,402	100.00	3,021,123	100.00
Valid votes			2,948,402	98.79	3,021,123	99.08
Invalid/blank votes			36,022	1.21	28,098	0.92
Total votes			2,984,424	100.00	3,049,221	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			4,038,899	73.89	4,041,181	75.45
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

1. Withdrew from the election,^[3] but remained on the ballot paper