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 supermajority coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.

Participating parties

Party Ideology Political position Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Slovak nationalism
Populism
Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak Democratic Coalition (KDHDSSDSSSZ) Christian democracy
Economic liberalism
Centre-right Mikuláš Dzurinda
Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Centre-left Jozef Migaš
Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK) Hungarian minority interests
Christian democracy
Centre-right Béla Bugár
Slovak National Party (SNS) Ultranationalism
Right-wing populism
Far-right Ján Slota
Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) Social liberalism
Populism
Centre-left Rudolf Schuster

Results

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia907,10327.00–7.9743–18
Slovak Democratic Coalition884,49726.33+4.2542+10
Party of the Democratic Left492,50714.6623
Party of the Hungarian Coalition306,6239.13–1.0615–2
Slovak National Party304,8399.07+3.6714+5
Party of Civic Understanding269,3438.02New13New
Communist Party of Slovakia94,0152.80+0.0700
Union of the Workers of Slovakia43,8091.30–6.040–13
Our Slovakia16,1920.48New0New
Slovak People's Party9,2270.27New0New
Hungarian Popular Movement for Reconciliation and Prosperity6,5870.20New0New
Independent Initiative6,2320.19New0New
Slovak National Unity4,6880.14New0New
B–Revolutionary Workers' Party4,3910.13New0New
United Labour Party of Slovakia3,5740.11New0New
Slovak National Alternative3,0340.09New0New
Third Way Movement2,5150.07New0New
Total3,359,176100.001500
Valid votes3,359,17699.11
Invalid/blank votes30,1700.89
Total votes3,389,346100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,023,19184.25
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. ^ Combined results for KDH, DEÚS, and DS.

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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