1998 Slovak presidential election

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.

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.

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