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Slovak parliamentary election, 1998

Slovak parliamentary election, 1998
Slovakia
← 1994 25–26 September 1998 2002 →

All 150 seats to the Národná rada
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Vladimir meciar.jpg DzurindaMik2.jpg Jozef Migaš.jpg
Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš
Party HZDS SDK SDĽ
Last election 61 seats N/A N/A
Seats won 43 42 23
Seat change Decrease18 N/A N/A
Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507
Percentage 27.00% 26.33% 14.66%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Béla Bugár.jpg Zilina P6112384-selection.jpg Rudolf Schuster 2011.jpg
Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster
Party SMK SNS Party of Civic Understanding
Last election 17 seats 9 seats New party
Seats won 15 14 13
Seat change Decrease2 Increase5 New party
Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343
Percentage 9.13% 9.07% 8.02%

PM before election

Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

Elected PM

Mikuláš Dzurinda
KDH


Vladimír Mečiar
HZDS

Mikuláš Dzurinda
KDH

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998. The elections are regarded as a pivotal point in post-Communist Slovak history, as they brought about the end of the Vladimír Mečiar government.


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