Country: | Slovakia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1994 Slovak parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 2002 Slovak parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the National Council |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 25–26 September 1998 |
Turnout: | 84.25% (0.08 pp) |
Image1: | Vladimir Meciar (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Vladimír Mečiar |
Party1: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Last Election1: | 61 seats, 35.0% |
Seats1: | 43 |
Seat Change1: | 18 |
Popular Vote1: | 907,103 |
Percentage1: | 27.0% |
Swing1: | 8.0 pp |
Leader2: | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
Party2: | Christian Democratic Movement |
Alliance2: | Slovak Democratic Coalition |
Last Election2: | 32 seats, 22.1% |
Seats2: | 42 |
Seat Change2: | 10 |
Popular Vote2: | 884,497 |
Percentage2: | 26.3% |
Swing2: | 4.2 pp |
Image3: | Jozef Migaš at Rhodes Forum 2014 (cropped).jpg |
Leader3: | Jozef Migaš |
Party3: | Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) |
Last Election3: | 18 |
Seats3: | 23 |
Seat Change3: | 5 |
Popular Vote3: | 492,507 |
Percentage3: | 14.7% |
Swing3: | 4.3 pp |
Image4: | Béla Bugár (cropped).jpg |
Leader4: | Béla Bugár |
Party4: | Party of the Hungarian Community |
Last Election4: | 17 seats, 10.2% |
Seats4: | 15 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 306,623 |
Percentage4: | 9.1% |
Swing4: | 1.1 pp |
Image5: | Žilina P6112384 (cropped).jpg |
Leader5: | Ján Slota |
Party5: | Slovak National Party |
Last Election5: | 9 seats, 5.4% |
Seats5: | 14 |
Seat Change5: | 5 |
Popular Vote5: | 304,839 |
Percentage5: | 9.1% |
Swing5: | 3.7 pp |
Image6: | Prezident udelil štátne vyznamenania 15. osobnostiam (15) (cropped).jpg |
Leader6: | Rudolf Schuster |
Party6: | Party of Civic Understanding |
Last Election6: | Did not exist |
Seats6: | 13 |
Seat Change6: | New |
Popular Vote6: | 269,343 |
Percentage6: | 8.0% |
Swing6: | New |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Vladimír Mečiar |
Before Party: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
After Election: | Mikuláš Dzurinda |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Movement |
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.