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2004 Slovak presidential election
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Slovakia |
| type | presidential |
| previous_election | 1999 Slovak presidential election |
| previous_year | 1999 |
| next_election | 2009 Slovak presidential election |
| next_year | 2009 |
| election_date | 3 April 2004 (first round) |
| 17 April 2004 (second round) | |
| turnout | 47.94% (first round) 25.95pp |
| 43.50% (second round) 31.95pp | |
| image1 | Ivan Gašparovič (cropped) Election infobox.jpg |
| nominee1 | Ivan Gašparovič |
| party1 | Movement for Democracy (Slovakia) |
| popular_vote1 | 1,079,592 |
| percentage1 | 59.91% |
| image2 | Vladimir Meciar.jpg |
| nominee2 | Vladimír Mečiar |
| party2 | People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia |
| popular_vote2 | 722,368 |
| percentage2 | 40.09% |
| map_image | {{Switcher |
| default | 2 |
| title | President |
| before_election | Rudolf Schuster |
| after_election | Ivan Gašparovič |
| before_party | Independent |
| after_party | Movement for Democracy (Slovakia) |
17 April 2004 (second round) 43.50% (second round) 31.95pp
|[[File:2004 Slovak presidential election - First Round Vote Strength.svg|300px]] |First round results by district |[[File:2004 Slovak presidential election - Second Round Vote Strength.svg|300px]] |Second round results by district
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on 3 April 2004, with a second round on 17 April. Although former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Ivan Gašparovič in the run-off.
Eduard Kukan, who had led the opinion polling prior to the elections, was surprisingly eliminated in the first round, narrowly beaten into third place by Gašparovič. Gašparovič later admitted that he had not expect to qualify for the second round, and on first round election night he had gone home to sleep and only found out about his success when he was woken up by phone calls from friends.
Incumbent president Rudolf Schuster finished fourth with just 7% of the vote. He subsequently retired from politics.
Opinion polls
| Date | Agency | Schuster | Kukan | Mečiar | Gašparovič | Bútora | Mikloško | Roman | Králik | Kalman | Šesták | Bernát | Kubík |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11–17 February 2004 | Focus | 17.5 | 27.5 | 23.1 | 13.7 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 9 March 2004 | OMV | 15.5 | 27.9 | 22.4 | 15.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| 16–22 March 2004 | Markant | 9.7 | 30.3 | 23.3 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||||||
| 27 March 2004 | OMV | 13.0 | 27.0 | 24.2 | 17.1 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Results
References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1747 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp1755–1756
- "Voľby 2004: Gašparovič doma spal, úspech nečakal".
- (4 April 2004). "Rudolf Schuster bol prvým priamo zvoleným prezidentom".
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