Country: | Slovakia |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1998 Slovak presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2004 Slovak presidential election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | 15 May 1999 (first round) 29 May 1999 (second round) |
Turnout: | 73.89% (first round) 75.45% (second round) |
Image1: | Rudolf Schuster 2011.jpg |
Nominee1: | Rudolf Schuster |
Party1: | Party of Civic Understanding |
Popular Vote1: | 1,727,481 |
Percentage1: | 57.18% |
Nominee2: | Vladimír Mečiar |
Party2: | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
Popular Vote2: | 1,293,642 |
Percentage2: | 42.82% |
President | |
Before Election: | Mikuláš Dzurinda (acting) |
After Election: | Rudolf Schuster |
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 15 May 1999, with a second round on 29 May.[1] Following a constitutional amendment in 1998 that introduced direct presidential elections for the first time,[2] they resulted in a victory for Rudolf Schuster, who received 57% of the vote in the run-off.[3]