2009 Slovak presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2009, the country's third direct presidential elections. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 21 March, the second round on 4 April saw Ivan Gašparovič become the first Slovak president to be re-elected, defeating opposition candidate Iveta Radičová by 55.53% to 44.47%.[1]
First round[edit]
There were seven candidates for the first round, which was held on 21 March:[2]
- Ivan Gašparovič: incumbent president, supported by governing parties Direction – Social Democracy and Slovak National Party, and extra-parliamentary Movement for Democracy
- Iveta Radičová: candidate of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, supported by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement and Civic Conservative Party
- František Mikloško: candidate of the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia
- Zuzana Martináková: candidate of the Free Forum
- Milan Melník: independent candidate supported by the governing People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
- Milan Sidor: independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of Slovakia
- Dagmara Bollová: independent candidate, former member of the Communist Party of Slovakia
Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 46.7% and 38.1% of the first round votes, respectively.[3] Slovak women tended to be more supportive of Radičová.[3]
Second round[edit]
In the second round of elections, held on 4 April, Gašparovič received 1,234,787 votes (55.5%), winning election.[4] Radičová received 44.5% of the vote. After the election, Gašparovič said, "I am glad I can be standing here today with the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament ... The [election] is the most direct evidence that people trust us."[4]
Voter turnout[edit]
Voter turnout was 43.6% in the first round and 51.7% in the second round.[5] Voter turnout among women slightly increased in both the first and second rounds of the election, which was attributed to Radičová's candidacy.[3]
Results[edit]
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Ivan Gašparovič | Smer, SNS, HZD | 876,061 | 46.71 | 1,234,787 | 55.53 | |
Iveta Radičová | SDKÚ–DS, SMK, KDH, OKS | 713,735 | 38.05 | 988,808 | 44.47 | |
František Mikloško | Conservative Democrats of Slovakia | 101,573 | 5.42 | |||
Zuzana Martináková | Free Forum | 96,035 | 5.12 | |||
Milan Melník | Movement for a Democratic Slovakia | 45,985 | 2.45 | |||
Dagmara Bollová | Independent | 21,378 | 1.14 | |||
Milan Sidor | Communist Party of Slovakia | 20,862 | 1.11 | |||
Total | 1,875,629 | 100.00 | 2,223,595 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 1,875,629 | 99.10 | 2,223,595 | 99.21 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 17,040 | 0.90 | 17,767 | 0.79 | ||
Total votes | 1,892,669 | 100.00 | 2,241,362 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,339,331 | 43.62 | 4,339,331 | 51.65 | ||
Source: IFES, IFES |
References[edit]
- ^ "Slovakia Re-Elects President in Runoff Ballot". Associated Press. April 5, 2009.
- ^ "B92 - News - Politics - Slovak presidential hopefuls mull Kosovo". Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ a b c Zora Bútorová, Jarmila Filadelfiová & Oľga Gyarfášová, "Towards Gender Equality in Slovakia?" in Gendering Post-socialist Transition: Studies of Changing Gender Perspectives (eds. Krasimira Daskalova, Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Karl Kaser & Filip Radunović: LIT Verlag, 2012), p. 269.
- ^ a b "Slovak president wins re-election in a boost for PM". Reuters. 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Grigorij Mesežnikov, Miroslav Kollár & Michal Vašecka, "Slovakia" in Nations in Transit 2010: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia (ed. Lisa Mootz: Freedom House, 2010), pp. 483-84.
External links[edit]
- NSD: European Election Database - Slovakia publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2010