1998 Slovak presidential election

none 1998 Slovak Presidential election Slovakia presidential no no 1993 Slovak presidential election 1993 1999 Slovak presidential election 1999 20 January to 17 December 1998 President Michal Kováč 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.Petr Just Malvina Hladka Cesta k přímé volbě prezidenta na Slovensku http://cpssu.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2004032001 Czech-Slovak Political Science Students' Union 21 March 2004 9 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20060621134653/http://cpssu.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2004032001 2006-06-21Prehľad výsledkov prezidentských volieb od roku 1993 26 February 2014 http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/prehlad-vysledky-prezidentske-volby/75255-clanok.html Teraz.sk 10 August 2016 sk Voting First Ballot 20 January and 6 February Štefan Markuš (SDK) Juraj Hraško (SDĽ) Augustín Kurek First Round 33 22 14 Second Round 37 27 eliminated Second Ballot 5 and 19 March Ladislav Ballek (SDĽ) Milan Fogaš First Round 49 5 Second Round 50 suspended Third Ballot 16 and 30 April Milan Sečánsky (ĽS–HZDS) Brigita Schmögnerová (SDĽ) 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 (ĽS–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 Category:Presidential elections in Slovakia Slovakia Category:1998 in Slovakia Slovak presidential election, 1998