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| Turnout | 73.89% (first round) 75.45% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Rudolf Schuster | Party of Civic Understanding | 1,396,950 | 47.38 | 1,727,481 | 57.18 | |
| Vladimír Mečiar | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 1,097,956 | 37.24 | 1,293,642 | 42.82 | |
| Magdaléna Vášáryová | Independent | 194,635 | 6.60 | |||
| Ivan Mjartan | Independent | 105,903 | 3.59 | |||
| Ján Slota | Slovak National Party | 73,836 | 2.50 | |||
| Boris Zala | Independent | 29,697 | 1.01 | |||
| Juraj Švec | Independent | 24,077 | 0.82 | |||
| Juraj Lazarčík | Independent | 15,386 | 0.52 | |||
| Michal Kováč[a] | Independent | 5,425 | 0.18 | |||
| Ján Demikát | Slovak National Alternative | 4,537 | 0.15 | |||
| Total | 2,948,402 | 100.00 | 3,021,123 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,948,402 | 98.79 | 3,021,123 | 99.08 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 36,022 | 1.21 | 28,098 | 0.92 | ||
| Total votes | 2,984,424 | 100.00 | 3,049,221 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,038,899 | 73.89 | 4,041,181 | 75.45 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||||
