2004 Slovak Presidential Election
3 April 2004 (first round) 17 April 2004 (second round) · Direct election, two rounds · two-round vote
Ivan Gašparovič won in the runoff with 59.91% against Vladimír Mečiar on 40.09%. Turnout 47.9%.
President before
Rudolf Schuster
Independent
Elected President
Ivan Gašparovič
HZD
Winning share
59.9%
second round
Turnout
47.9%
The result
| Vladimír Mečiar | People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 650,242 | 32.74% | 722,368 | 40.09% |
| Ivan Gašparovič | Movement for Democracy | 442,564 | 22.28% | 1,079,592 | 59.91% |
| Eduard Kukan | Slovak Democratic and Christian Union | 438,920 | 22.10% | — | — |
| Rudolf Schuster | Independent | 147,549 | 7.43% | — | — |
| František Mikloško | Christian Democratic Movement | 129,414 | 6.52% | — | — |
| Martin Bútora | Independent | 129,387 | 6.51% | — | — |
| Ján Králik | Party of the Democratic Left | 15,873 | 0.80% | — | — |
| Jozef Kalman | Left Bloc | 10,221 | 0.51% | — | — |
| Július Kubík | Independent | 7,734 | 0.39% | — | — |
| Jozef Šesták | Independent | 6,785 | 0.34% | — | — |
| Stanislav Bernát | Independent | 5,719 | 0.29% | — | — |
| Ľubomír Roman | Alliance of the New Citizen | 1,806 | 0.09% | — | — |