| Election Name: | 1993 Slovak Presidential election |
| Country: | Slovakia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Color: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Czechoslovak presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Slovak presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | 150 |
| Needed Votes: | 90 |
| Election Date: | 26 January to 15 February 1993 |
| Colour1: | 00CCFF |
| Nominee1: | Michal Kováč |
| Party1: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 106 |
| Percentage1: | 73% |
| President | |
| After Election: | Michal Kováč |
The 1993 Slovak presidential elections were held between 26 January and 15 February 1993. Michal Kováč was elected as the first president of Slovakia and became the only Slovak president elected by Parliament.[1] [2] A candidate needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.
| Candidate | Party | First round (26 January) | Second round (27 January) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Michal Kováč | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 69 | 48.25 | 78 | 71.56 | |
| Milan Ftáčnik | Party of the Democratic Left | 30 | 20.97 | 31 | 28.44 | |
| Anton Neuwirth | Christian Democratic Movement | 27 | 18.88 | |||
| Jozef Prokeš | Slovak National Party | 17 | 11.88 | |||
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 143 | 100 | 109 | 100 | |
| 15 February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
| Michal Kováč | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 106 | 73.1 | |
| align=left colspan=2 | Against | 19 | 13.1 | |
| align=left colspan=2 | Blank ballots | 20 | 13.8 | |
| align=left colspan=2 | Total | 106 | 100 | |