Slovak presidential election, 2009
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The 2009 Slovak presidential elections were held on 21 March and 4 April. It was third peoples' presidential vote in the era of independent Slovak republic
. Ivan Gašparovič
became the first Slovak president to be reelected overcoming opposition candidate Iveta Radičová
in second round with 55.53% to 44.47%.
Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 47% and 38% of the first round votes, respectively. The other five candidates all received less than 6% of the vote. The turnout for the first round was 43.6%.
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
. Ivan Gašparovič
Ivan Gašparovic
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
became the first Slovak president to be reelected overcoming opposition candidate Iveta Radičová
Iveta Radicová
Iveta Radičová is the Prime Minister of Slovakia and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on 8 July 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right coalition government following the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, until the fall of...
in second round with 55.53% to 44.47%.
First round
There were seven candidates for the first round, which was held on 21 March:- Ivan GašparovičIvan GašparovicIvan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and law professor who has been the President of Slovakia since 15 June 2004. He is also the first Slovak president to be re-elected.-Biography:...
: incumbentIncumbentThe incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
president, supported by governing parties Direction – Social Democracy and Slovak National Party, and extra-parliamentary Movement for DemocracyMovement for Democracy (Slovakia)The Movement for Democracy is a political party in Slovakia split from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia in 2002. The first leader of the party was Ivan Gašparovič, the current president of Slovakia... - Iveta RadičováIveta RadicováIveta Radičová is the Prime Minister of Slovakia and a member of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party. She was sworn into office on 8 July 2010 as the head of a four-party center-right coalition government following the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election, until the fall of...
: candidate of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, supported by the Party of the Hungarian CoalitionParty of the Hungarian CoalitionThe Party of the Hungarian Coalition, officially registered under the compound name Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja, is a political party in Slovakia, for the ethnic Hungarian minority...
, Christian Democratic MovementChristian Democratic MovementThe Christian Democratic Movement is a political party in Slovakia.It is represented in the parliament. It was also member of the government coalition, but it left that coalition on 7 February 2006 due to disputes over an international treaty between Slovakia and the Holy See dealing with the...
and Civic Conservative PartyCivic Conservative PartyThe Civic Conservative Party , abbreviated to OKS, is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has four seats in the National Council, which it won in an electoral alliance with Most–Híd at the 2010 election, and the party's four MPs sit in the Most–Híd parliamentary... - František MikloškoFrantišek MikloškoFrantišek Mikloško is a Slovak politician. He is a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and a former member of Christian Democratic Movement. Mikloško was Speaker of the Slovak National Council from 1990 to 1992. Mikloško is the longest-serving member of parliament in Slovakia...
: candidate of the Conservative Democrats of SlovakiaConservative Democrats of SlovakiaThe Conservative Democrats of Slovakia , abbreviated to KDS, is a Slovakian political party established by four MPs who belonged to the Christian Democratic Movement, but left it on 21 February 2008 over disagreements with the party leader... - Zuzana MartinákováZuzana MartinákováZuzana Martináková is a Slovak politician and a former journalist. She is the leader of the political party Free Forum....
: candidate of the Free ForumFree ForumThe Free Forum is a political party in Slovakia, founded in 2004 by dissident parliamentarians from the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union . Zuzana Martináková is the leader of the party.... - Milan Melník: independentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
candidate supported by the governing Movement for a Democratic Slovakia - Milan Sidor: independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaThe Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico....
- Dagmara Bollová: independent candidate, former member of the Communist Party of SlovakiaCommunist Party of SlovakiaThe Communist Party of Slovakia is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992, through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.According to Luboš Blaha the KSS supported the government of Robert Fico....
Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 47% and 38% of the first round votes, respectively. The other five candidates all received less than 6% of the vote. The turnout for the first round was 43.6%.
Second round
The second round of elections was held on 4 April, and the Central Election Commission announced results the following day. Gašparovič, receiving 1,234,787 votes, won the election with 55.5% 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." Turnout for the second round was 51.7%.External links
- NSD: European Election Database - Slovakia publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2010