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 votes
40.09%
second round
Ivan Gašparovič
Movement for Democracy · 442,564 votes
59.91%
second round
Eduard Kukan
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union · 438,920 votes
22.10%
first round
Rudolf Schuster
Independent · 147,549 votes
7.43%
first round
František Mikloško
Christian Democratic Movement · 129,414 votes
6.52%
first round
Martin Bútora
Independent · 129,387 votes
6.51%
first round
Ján Králik
Party of the Democratic Left · 15,873 votes
0.80%
first round
Jozef Kalman
Left Bloc · 10,221 votes
0.51%
first round
Július Kubík
Independent · 7,734 votes
0.39%
first round
Jozef Šesták
Independent · 6,785 votes
0.34%
first round
Stanislav Bernát
Independent · 5,719 votes
0.29%
first round
Ľubomír Roman
Alliance of the New Citizen · 1,806 votes
0.09%
first round