2009 Slovak presidential election

none Slovakia presidential 2004 Slovak presidential election 2004 2014 Slovak presidential election 2014 21 March 2009 (first round)4 April 2009 (second round) 43.62% (first round) 4.32pp51.65% (second round) 8.15pp Ivan Gašparovič (cropped) Election infobox.jpg Ivan Gašparovič Independentnb Although Gašparovič was officially an independent, his campaign was endorsed and funded by Smer, SNS and HZD 1,234,787 55.53% Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Prime Minister Iveta Radičová (cropped).jpg Iveta Radičová Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 988,808 44.47% 300px First round results by district 300px Second round results by district 2 President Ivan Gašparovič Independent politician Ivan Gašparovič Independent politician Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2009, the country's third direct presidential elections. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 21 March, the second round on 4 April saw Ivan Gašparovič become the first Slovak president to be re-elected, defeating opposition candidate Iveta Radičová by 56% to 44%.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123892909320190267 Associated Press Slovakia Re-Elects President in Runoff Ballot April 5, 2009 Candidates There were seven candidates for the first round, which was held on 21 March:http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=02&dd=19&nav_id=57279 B92 - News - Politics - Slovak presidential hopefuls mull Kosovo 2009-02-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090328175308/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=02&dd=19&nav_id=57279 2009-03-28 Ivan Gašparovič: incumbent president, supported by governing parties Direction – Social Democracy and Slovak National Party, and extra-parliamentary Movement for Democracy Iveta Radičová: candidate of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, supported by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement and Civic Conservative Party František Mikloško: candidate of the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia Zuzana Martináková: candidate of the Free Forum Milan Melník sk: independent candidate supported by the governing People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia Milan Sidor sk: independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of Slovakia Dagmara Bollová: independent candidate, former member of the Communist Party of Slovakia Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 46.7% and 38.1% of the first round votes, respectively.Zora Bútorová, Jarmila Filadelfiová & Oľga Gyarfášová, "Towards Gender Equality in Slovakia?" in Gendering Post-socialist Transition: Studies of Changing Gender Perspectives (eds. Krasimira Daskalova, Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Karl Kaser & Filip Radunović: LIT Verlag, 2012), p. 269. Slovak women tended to be more supportive of Radičová. In the second round of elections, held on 4 April, Gašparovič received 1,234,787 votes (55.5%), winning election.http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53410M20090405 https://archive.today/20130201073124/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53410M20090405 dead February 1, 2013 Slovak president wins re-election in a boost for PM 2009-04-05 Reuters 2009-04-05 Radičová received 44.5% of the vote. After the election, Gašparovič said, "I am glad I can be standing here today with the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament ... The [election] is the most direct evidence that people trust us." Results thumb|First round results by municipality Voter turnout was 44% in the first round and 52% in the second round.Grigorij Mesežnikov, Miroslav Kollár & Michal Vašecka, "Slovakia" in Nations in Transit 2010: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia (ed. Lisa Mootz: Freedom House, 2010), pp. 483-84. Voter turnout among women slightly increased in both the first and second rounds of the election, which was attributed to Radičová's candidacy. Ivan Gašparovič Independentnb 876061 1234787 Direction – Slovak Social Democracy Iveta Radičová Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party 713735 988808 František Mikloško Conservative Democrats of Slovakia 101573 Zuzana Martináková Free Forum 96035 Milan Melník sk People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 45985 Dagmara Bollová Independent 21378 Milan Sidor sk Communist Party of Slovakia 20862 17040 17767 4339331 4339331 IFES, IFES By region First round Region Gašparovič Radičová Mikloško Martináková Melník Bollová Sidor Bratislava Region 33.2152.60 6.75 4.74 1.62 0.84 0.56 Trnava Region 37.8049.90 4.73 4.08 1.64 1.28 0.57 Trenčín Region57.23 26.17 4.59 5.98 3.38 1.44 1.21 Nitra Region 43.2945.24 3.70 4.23 1.92 0.91 0.72 Žilina Region56.22 26.10 6.75 5.53 3.15 1.23 1.02 Banská Bystrica Region51.09 35.80 3.18 5.22 2.23 1.23 1.23 Prešov Region52.52 27.15 8.55 5.75 2.75 1.20 2.09 Košice Region42.26 41.97 5.00 5.37 2.92 1.06 1.43 Total in Slovakia46.71 38.05 5.41 5.12 2.45 1.13 1.11 Cities 42.2042.54 5.61 5.35 2.11 1.09 1.06 Villages52.28 32.49 5.16 4.82 2.86 1.19 1.16 Second round Region Ivan Gašparovič Iveta Radičová Bratislava Region 38.8061.20 Trnava Region 42.1757.89 Trenčín Region70.76 29.24 Nitra Region 46.0753.93 Žilina Region70.52 29.48 Banská Bystrica Region59.32 40.68 Prešov Region66.54 33.46 Košice Region50.69 49.31 Total in Slovakia55.53 44.47 Cities50.73 49.27 Villages61.29 38.71 Notes References External links NSD: European Election Database - Slovakia https://web.archive.org/web/20140615003503/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/slovakia/ 2014-06-15 publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2010 Slovakia Category:Presidential elections in Slovakia Presidential Slovakia Slovakia