Presidential election in Slovakia 2009

Standard of the Slovak President

Ivan Gašparovič , winner of the election

Iveta Radičová , lost to Gašparovič in the runoff

The 2009 presidential election in Slovakia took place on March 21 (first round) and April 4 (second round) 2009. It was the third direct election of the president in Slovakia . The incumbent President Ivan Gašparovič defeated the opposition candidate Iveta Radičová in both rounds and will remain in office until 2014.

Candidates

Seven candidates ran for election. The two most promising candidates for the office were the incumbent Ivan Gašparovič (supported by the governing parties Smer and SNS ) and the SDKÚ-DS MP Iveta Radičová (supported by the opposition parties SDKÚ-DS , SMK-MKP and KDH ). Other candidates were Milan Melník (supported by the ruling HZDS ) and the representatives of extra-parliamentary parties Zuzana Martináková ( Free Forum ), František Mikloško ( KDS ) and Milan Sidor ( KSS ). Dagmar Bollová's former KSS deputy ran as an independent.

Election result

First ballot

In the first round of elections, only Gašparovič and Radičová were able to achieve greater support. The other candidates failed. Radičová was able to secure the large cities of Bratislava and Košice as well as the area of Banská Bystrica and parts of southern Slovakia. In the rest of Slovakia, Gašparovič dominated.

Second ballot

In the second round of the election, Radičová was defeated by incumbent President Gašparovič by around 10%. Radičová lost the Banská Bystrica area. However, it retained the approval of southern Slovakia with the exception of the Lučenec constituency. Gašparovič won in the rest of the country. Gašparovič will remain in the presidency until 2014.

Overall result

Result of the presidential election in Slovakia 2009

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Ivan Gašparovič	HZD	876.061	46.71	1,234,787	55.53
	Iveta Radičová	SDKÚ-DS	713.735	38.05	988,808	44.47
	František Mikloško	KDS	101,573	5.42
	Zuzana Martináková	SF	96,035	5.12
	Milan Melník	ĽS-HZDS	45,985	2.45
	Dagmar Bollová	independent	21,378	1.14
	Milan Sidor	KSS	20,862	1.11
total			1,875,629	100.00	2,223,595	100.00
Valid votes			1,875,629	99.06	2,223,595	99.17
Invalid votes			17,810	0.94	18,567	0.83
voter turnout			1,893,439	47.94	2,242,162	51.67
Eligible voters			4,339,331	-	4,204,899	-
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Web links

• Official result of the 2009 presidential election Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Slovak, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ELECTIONS: Seven candidates run in the presidential election , The Slovak Spectator, March 21, 2009, accessed July 12, 2010
2. ↑ ^{a b} Official result of the presidential election 2009 Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Slovak, English)