1998 Slovak parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.[1] The elections resulted in the defeat of the Vladimír Mečiar government and the election of Mikuláš Dzurinda as Prime Minister. His party, the Slovak Democratic Coalition formed a coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.
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All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 84.25% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results of the election, showing vote strength by district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Participating parties
editResults
editParty | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 907,103 | 27.00 | –7.97 | 43 | –18 | |
Slovak Democratic Coalition | 884,497 | 26.33 | +4.25 | 42 | +10 | |
Party of the Democratic Left | 492,507 | 14.66 | – | 23 | – | |
Party of the Hungarian Coalition | 306,623 | 9.13 | –1.06 | 15 | –2 | |
Slovak National Party | 304,839 | 9.07 | +3.67 | 14 | +5 | |
Party of Civic Understanding | 269,343 | 8.02 | New | 13 | New | |
Communist Party of Slovakia | 94,015 | 2.80 | +0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
Union of the Workers of Slovakia | 43,809 | 1.30 | –6.04 | 0 | –13 | |
Our Slovakia | 16,192 | 0.48 | New | 0 | New | |
Slovak People's Party | 9,227 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New | |
Hungarian Popular Movement for Reconciliation and Prosperity | 6,587 | 0.20 | New | 0 | New | |
Independent Initiative | 6,232 | 0.19 | New | 0 | New | |
Slovak National Unity | 4,688 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New | |
B–Revolutionary Workers' Party | 4,391 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | |
United Labour Party of Slovakia | 3,574 | 0.11 | New | 0 | New | |
Slovak National Alternative | 3,034 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
Third Way Movement | 2,515 | 0.07 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 3,359,176 | 100.00 | – | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 3,359,176 | 99.11 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 30,170 | 0.89 | ||||
Total votes | 3,389,346 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,023,191 | 84.25 | ||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7