1998 Slovak parliamentary election

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.

1998 Slovak parliamentary election
25–26 September 1998
All 150 seats in the National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,389,346 (84.25%)
8.60 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš
Party HZDS SDK SDĽ
Last election 61 seats, 35.0% 32 seats, 22.1%[lower-alpha 1] In Common Choice - 18
Seats won
43 / 150
42 / 150
23 / 150
Seat change 18 10 5
Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507
Percentage 27.0% 26.3% 14.7%
Swing 8.0 pp 4.2 pp 4.3 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster
Party SMK SNS SOP
Last election 17 seats, 10.2% 9 seats, 5.4% New party
Seats won
15 / 150
14 / 150
13 / 150
Seat change 2 5 New party
Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343
Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 8.0%
Swing 1.1 pp 3.7 pp New party
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district.
Prime Minister before election

Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

 Prime Minister

Mikuláš Dzurinda
KDH

Participating parties
Party Abbr. Founded Ideology Leader
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko		 HZDS 1991 National conservatism,
Slovak nationalism, Populism		 Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak Democratic Coalition
Slovenská demokratická koalícia		 SDK 1997 Conservative liberalism,
Christian democracy,
Pro-Europeanism		 Mikuláš Dzurinda
Party of the Democratic Left
Strana demokratickej ľavice		 SDĽ 1939 Democratic socialism,
Social democracy,
Left-wing populism		 Jozef Migaš
Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Strana maďarskej koalície		 SMK 1998 Hungarian minority interests,
Christian democracy,
Liberal conservatism		 Béla Bugár
Slovak National Party
Slovenská národná strana		 SNS 1989 Slovak nationalism,
Right-wing populism,
Euro-Slavism		 Ján Slota
Party of Civic Understanding
Strana občianskeho porozumenia		 SOP 1998 Social liberalism,
Social democracy,
Pro-Europeanism		 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 Left492,50714.66–23–
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
Total3,359,176100.00–1500
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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