Slovakia presidential election, 2004

\nPresidential elections were held in Slovakia on April 3 (first round) and April 17 (second round) 2004. In the second round, Ivan Gašparovič was elected President of Slovakia. In the first round former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar led a field of eleven candidates, including his former ally Gašparovič and incumbent President Rudolf Schuster, who polled poorly. The candidate backed by the current government, Eduard Kukan, came third, meaning that the second round on April 17 was contested by Meciar and Gašparovič. In the second round, Gašparovič easily defeated Meciar.

Results of 1st round

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Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Stanislav Bernát	independent	5,719	0.3
Martin Bútora	independent	129,387	6.5
Ivan Gašparovič	Movement for Democracy, People's Union, endorsed by Smer	442,564	22.3
Jozef Kalman	Left Bloc	10,221	0.5
Ján Králik	Party of the Democratic Left	15,873	0.8
Július Kubík	independent	7,734	0.4
Eduard Kukan	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union	438,920	22.1
Vladimír Mečiar	People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	650,242	32.7
František Mikloško	Christian Democratic Movement, endorsed by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition	129,414	6.5
Lubo Roman	Alliance of the New Citizen, withdrew his candidature on March 15	-	-
Rudolf Schuster	independent	147,549	7.4
Jozef Šesták	independent	6,785	0.3
Total	-	1,986,214	-

Results of 2nd round

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Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ivan Gašparovič	Movement for Democracy, People's Union, endorsed by Smer	1,079,592	59.9
Vladimír Mečiar	People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	722,368	40.1
Total	-	1,801,960	-

See also

\n*Politics of Slovakia\n*List of political parties in Slovakia

External links

• A page listing the candidates\n*Tables of official results (in Slovak and English)\nCategory:Elections in Slovakia