Presidential elections were held in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

on 15 May 1999, with a second round on 29 May.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 Following a constitutional amendment in 1998 that introduced direct presidential elections for the first time,Nohlen & Stöver, p1740 they resulted in a victory for

Rudolf Schuster Rudolf Schuster (born 4 January 1934) is a Slovak politician, who served as the second president of Slovakia from 1999 to 2004. He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sou ...

, who received 57.2% of the vote in the run-off.Nohlen & Stöver, p1755

Results

1999 Slovak presidential election - First Round Vote Strength

1999 Slovak presidential election - Second Round Vote Strength

References

External links

Tables of official results
{{Slovak elections Presidential elections in Slovakia

1999 in Slovakia May 1999 events in Europe