1998 Slovak parliamentary election

none Slovakia parliamentary 1994 Slovak parliamentary election 1994 2002 Slovak parliamentary election 2002 All 150 seats in the National Council 76 25–26 September 1998 84.25% ( 8.60 pp) 130x130px Vladimir Meciar (cropped).jpg Vladimír Mečiar Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 61 seats, 35.0% 43 18 907,103 27.0% 8.0 pp Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Summit 4 December 2003 Paris (5) (cropped).jpg Mikuláš Dzurinda Slovak Democratic Coalition 32 seats, 22.1%SDK Combined results for KDH, DEÚS, and DS. 42 10 884,497 26.3% 4.2 pp Jozef Migaš at Rhodes Forum 2014 (cropped).jpg Jozef Migaš Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) 18 23 5 492,507 14.7% 4.3 pp Béla Bugár (cropped).jpg Béla Bugár Party of the Hungarian Community 17 seats, 10.2% 15 2 306,623 9.1% 1.1 pp Žilina P6112384 (cropped).jpg Ján Slota Slovak National Party 9 seats, 5.4% 14 5 304,839 9.1% 3.7 pp Prezident udelil štátne vyznamenania 15. osobnostiam (15) (cropped).jpg Rudolf Schuster Party of Civic Understanding Did not exist 13 New 269,343 8.0% New 1998 Slovak legislative election - Vote Strength.svg Vote strength by district Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Mikuláš Dzurinda Christian Democratic Movement Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 978-3-8329-5609-7 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 supermajority coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding. Participating parties Party Ideology Political position Leader Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Slovak nationalismPopulism Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar Slovak Democratic Coalition (KDH–DÚ–DS–SDSS–SZ) Christian democracyEconomic liberalism Centre-right Mikuláš Dzurinda Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) Social democracyDemocratic socialism Centre-left Jozef Migaš Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK) Hungarian minority interestsChristian democracy Centre-right Béla Bugár Slovak National Party (SNS) UltranationalismRight-wing populism Far-right Ján Slota Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) Social liberalismPopulism Centre-left Rudolf Schuster Results File:1998 Slovak National Council composition chart.svg Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 907103 –7.97 43 –18 Slovak Democratic Coalition 884497 +4.25 42 +10 Party of the Democratic Left 492507 – 23 – Party of the Hungarian Coalition 306623 –1.06 15 –2 Slovak National Party 304839 +3.67 14 +5 Party of Civic Understanding 269343 New 13 New Communist Party of Slovakia 94015 +0.07 0 0 Union of the Workers of Slovakia 43809 –6.04 0 –13 Our Slovakia 16192 New 0 New Slovak People's Party 9227 New 0 New Hungarian Popular Movement for Reconciliation and Prosperity 6587 New 0 New Independent Initiative 6232 New 0 New Slovak National Unity 4688 New 0 New B–Revolutionary Workers' Party 4391 New 0 New United Labour Party of Slovakia 3574 New 0 New Slovak National Alternative 3034 New 0 New Third Way Movement 2515 New 0 New 30170 0 4023191 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Category:Parliamentary elections in Slovakia Slovakia Parliamentary Slovakia