2004 Slovak presidential election

none Slovakia presidential 1999 Slovak presidential election 1999 2009 Slovak presidential election 2009 3 April 2004 (first round)17 April 2004 (second round) 47.94% (first round) 25.95pp43.50% (second round) 31.95pp Ivan Gašparovič (cropped) Election infobox.jpg Ivan Gašparovič Movement for Democracy (Slovakia) 1,079,592 59.91% Vladimir Meciar.jpg Vladimír Mečiar People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 722,368 40.09% 300px First round results by district 300px Second round results by district 2 President Rudolf Schuster Ivan Gašparovič Independent Movement for Democracy (Slovakia) Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 978-3-8329-5609-7 Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1755–1756 Eduard Kukan, who had led the opinion polling prior to the elections, was surprisingly eliminated in the first round, narrowly beaten into third place by Gašparovič. Gašparovič later admitted that he had not expect to qualify for the second round, and on first round election night he had gone home to sleep and only found out about his success when he was woken up by phone calls from friends.Voľby 2004: Gašparovič doma spal, úspech nečakal http://domov.sme.sk/c/7122756/volby-2004-gasparovic-doma-spal-uspech-necakal.html Domov 10 August 2016 Incumbent president Rudolf Schuster finished fourth with just 7% of the vote. He subsequently retired from politics.Rudolf Schuster bol prvým priamo zvoleným prezidentom https://www.ta3.com/clanok/1036690/rudolf-schuster-bol-prvym-priamo-zvolenym-prezidentom.html Televízia TA3 9 February 2017 sk 4 April 2004 Opinion polls DateAgencySchusterKukanMečiarGašparovičBútoraMikloškoRomanKrálikKalmanŠestákBernátKubík11–17 February 2004Focus17.527.523.113.76.14.75.40.50.50.50.40.19 March 2004OMV15.527.922.415.86.36.73.40.60.40.20.60.216–22 March 2004Markant9.730.323.319.75.54.427 March 2004OMV13.027.024.217.16.58.71.10.80.80.20.40.2 Results Vladimír Mečiar People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 650242 722368 Ivan Gašparovič Movement for Democracy 442564 1079592 Eduard Kukan Slovak Democratic and Christian Union 438920 Rudolf Schuster Independent 147549 František Mikloško Christian Democratic Movement 129414 Martin Bútora Independent 129387 Ján Králik sk Party of the Democratic Left 15873 Jozef Kalman sk Left Bloc (Slovakia) sk Ľavicový blo Left Bloc 10221 Július Kubík sk Independent 7734 Jozef Šesták Independent 6785 Stanislav Bernát sk Independent 5719 Ľubomír Roman Alliance of the New Citizen 1806 29675 26347 4204899 4202597 Nohlen & Stöver, European Election Database, Our Campaigns References March 2017 Category:Presidential elections in Slovakia Slovakia Presidential election Slovakia