1999 Slovak presidential election
Results
Kováč withdrew from the election, but remained on the ballot paper.

1999 Slovak presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Kováč withdrew from the election, but remained on the ballot paper.

Candidate	Party	First round	Second round

Votes	%	Votes	%

Rudolf Schuster	Party of Civic Understanding	1,396,950	47.4	1,727,481	57.2

Vladimír Mečiar	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	1,097,956	37.2	1,293,642	42.8

Magdaléna Vášáryová	194,635	6.6

Ivan Mjartan	105,903	3.6

Ján Slota	Slovak National Party	73,836	2.5

Boris Zala	29,697	1.0

Juraj Švec	24,077	0.8

Juraj Lazarčík	15,386	0.5

Michal Kováč	5,425	0.2

Ján Demikát	4,537	0.2

Invalid/blank votes	36,022	–	28,098	–

Total	2,984,424	100	3,049,221	100

Registered voters/turnout	4,038,899	73.9	4,041,181	75.5

Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Sentence(s)

Rudolf Schuster won the presidential election by receiving 57.2% of the vote.

final_sentence: Rudolf Schuster won the presidential election by receiving 57.2% of the vote.