Slovak presidential election, 2004

Slovak presidential election, 2004
3 April & 17 April 2004

 
Nominee Ivan Gašparovič Vladimír Mečiar
Party HZD ĽS–HZDS
Popular vote 1,079,592 722,368
Percentage 59.9% 40.1%
President before election

Rudolf Schuster
Nonpartisan

 Elected President

Ivan Gašparovič
HZD

Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April.[1] Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.[2]

The result was surprising because nobody expected Eduard Kukan to be eliminated in the first round. He polled 1st prior the first round with over 30% support. Ivan Gašparovič himself didn't expect to qualify for the second round as he went home to sleep and found out about his success only when he was waken up by phone calls of his friends.[3]

Incumbent president Rudolf Schuster came fourth with 7% of the vote and was eliminated in the first round. He then retired from politics.[4]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Vladimír MečiarPeople's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia650,24232.7722,36840.1
Ivan GašparovičMovement for Democracy442,56422.31,079,59259.9
Eduard KukanSlovak Democratic and Christian Union438,92022.1
Rudolf SchusterIndependent147,5497.4
František MikloškoChristian Democratic Movement129,4146.5
Martin BútoraIndependent129,3876.5
Ján KrálikParty of the Democratic Left15,8730.8
Jozef KalmanLeft Bloc10,2210.5
Július KubíkIndependent7,7340.4
Jozef ŠestákIndependent6,7850.3
Stanislav BernátIndependent5,7190.3
Ľubo RomanAlliance of the New Citizen1,8060.1
Invalid/blank votes29,675–26,347–
Total2,015,8891001,828,307100
Registered voters/turnout4,204,89947.94,202,59743.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Election Database, Our Campaigns

Opinion polls

DateAgencyRudolf SchusterEduard KukanVladimír MečiarIvan GašparovičMartin BútoraFrantišek MikloškoĽubo RomanJán KrálikJozef KalmanJozef ŠestákStanislav BernátJúlius Kubík
11 - 17 Feb 2004Focus[5]17.527.523.113.76.14.75.40.50.50.50.40.1
9 Mar 2004OMV[6]15.527.922.415.86.36.73.40.60.40.20.60.2
16 - 22 Mar 2004Markant[7]9.730.323.319.75.54.4N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
27 Mar 2004OMV[8]13.027.024.217.16.58.71.10.80.80.20.40.2
3 Apr 2004First Round7.422.132.722.36.56.50.10.80.50.30.30.4

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1755-1756
  3. ↑ "Voľby 2004: Gašparovič doma spal, úspech nečakal". Sme.sk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ↑ TA3, TA3.COM (4 April 2004). "Televízia TA3 | Rudolf Schuster bol prvým priamo zvoleným prezidentom". TA3.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Preferencie kandidátov na prezidenta SR" (PDF). Focus Research. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "OMV: Kukan by vyhral | Slovensko | Hospodárske noviny - Denník o ekonomike a financiách". HN Online. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "PRIESKUM: Prezidentskí kandidáti do 2. kola sa nemenia - [ volebný infoservis ]". www.infovolby.sk. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Preferencie prezidentských kandidátov podľa OMV". Sme.sk. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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