Presidential election in Slovakia 2014

Standard of the Slovak President

Andrej Kiska , winner of the election

The 2014 presidential election in Slovakia took place on March 15, 2014 (first round) and on March 29, 2014 (runoff). The previous incumbent Ivan Gašparovič could not run again, as the Slovak constitution states that the President cannot hold more than two consecutive terms. Andrej Kiska won the election and took office on June 15, 2014.

By the 23:59 registration deadline on January 9, 2014, 15 candidates had registered who either had political support or had collected at least 15,000 signatures. In the first round there were 14 candidates to choose from.

Candidates

The ruling Smer-SD party put Prime Minister Robert Fico for election. If successful, a new prime minister would be needed; this fact gave rise to speculation about a possible future prime minister. According to the polls, Fico was way ahead of other candidates.

The opposition candidates were fragmented: the KDH together with Most – Híd agreed on the former parliamentary president Pavol Hrušovský ; later the SDKÚ-DS also joined. Former Prime Minister Iveta Radičová had previously ruled out her candidacy. Peter Osuský from SaS gave up his candidacy in January 2014; instead, the party supported the bourgeois candidate Radoslav Procházka . Candidates from the extra-parliamentary parties were Gyula Bárdos ( SMK-MKP ), Ján Jurišta ( KSS ), Stanislav Martinčko ( KOS ) and Jozef Šimko ( SMS ).

There were also a number of non-party candidates. In addition to Radoslav Procházka, the former managing director and philanthropist Andrej Kiska was seen as a potential opponent of Fico in the second round. Other candidates were Jozef Behýl , Ján Čarnogurský , Viliam Fischer , Milan Kňažko and Milan Melník . Helena Mezenská was the only woman to run for election.

Survey

Below is an overview of opinion polls since January 2013.

month	Agency	Ján Čarnogurský	Robert Fico	Pavol Hrušovský	Andrei Kiska	Milan Kňažko	Peter Osuský	Radoslav Procházka	Gyula Bárdos
1/2013	MVK	9.5%	29.0%	11.7%	5.8%	8.7%	-	-	-
5/2013	MVK	17.2%	41.9%	-	13.3%	-	-	16.4%	-
7/2013	MVK	11.2%	43.6%	15.0%	11.8%	-	2.8%	15.6%	-
7/2013	Focus	5.2%	36.3%	13.4%	18.9%	-	1.1%	5.8%	-
7/2013	Polis	11.8%	44.6%	15.2%	9.6%	-	4.0%	14.8%	-
9/2013	Focus	8.8%	38.4%	17.3%	20.0%	-	3.8%	11.7%	-
10/2013	MVK	8.9%	37.9%	17.6%	13.2%	-	4.4%	18.1%	-
10/2013	Focus	7.7%	37.8%	17.9%	17.6%	-	3.9%	15.1%	-
11/2013	Focus	5.9%	36.9%	15.6%	17.9%	7.2%	4.2%	10.3%	-
1/2014	Focus	4.3%	40.0%	8.2%	13.0%	11.8%	1.1%	7.7%	5.3%
2/2014	Focus	1.7%	37.0%	7.3%	20.4%	12.9%	-	10.3%	4.5%
3/2014	Polis	2.5%	37.8%	5.2%	26.4%	11.2%	-	8.1%	4.5%
3/2014	Focus	3.2%	35.0%	7.9%	23.8%	9.7%	-	9.9%	5.3%

Election result

First ballot:
Relative majorities in the individual districts (Kraj): Robert Fico Andrej Kiska



First ballot:
Relative majorities by district (Okres):

Robert Fico Andrej Kiska Radoslav Procházka Milan Kňažko Gyula Bárdos





First ballot on March 15, 2014

In the first round, Robert Fico (28.01%) won with a difference of four percentage points ahead of Andrej Kiska (24.01%) with a voter turnout of 43.40%. This will put you in the runoff election on March 29th; Radoslav Procházka (21.25%) and Milan Kňažko (12.87%) also found greater support.

According to the political structure , Fico won in six out of eight regional associations ( Banskobystrický kraj , Košický kraj , Nitriansky kraj , Prešovský kraj , Trenčiansky kraj , Žilinský kraj ), each ahead of Kiska, with the exception of Žilinský kraj, where Procházka came second. In Trnavský kraj Kiska won ahead of Fico, in Bratislavský kraj Kiska won ahead of Procházka.

The highest turnout was in Bratislavský kraj (50.34%), the lowest in Košický kraj (37.57%).

Runoff election:
Relative majorities in the individual districts (Kraj): Andrej Kiska Robert Fico



Runoff election:
Relative majorities by district (Okres): Andrej Kiska Robert Fico



Runoff election on March 29, 2014

In the runoff election , Kiska was able to expand a surprisingly large gap of almost 19 percentage points with almost 59.4% of the vote and thus secure victory; the Prime Minister Fico achieved 40.6%.

In contrast to the first round, Fico only narrowly won the Trenčiansky kraj; in all other administrative districts Kiska won, most clearly in Bratislavský kraj and Trnavský kraj.

As in the first ballot, the highest turnout was in the Bratislavský kraj (57.5%), the lowest in the Košický kraj (43.9%).

Overall result

Result of the presidential election in Slovakia 2014

candidate		Political party	1st ballot		2nd ballot
			be right	%	be right	%
	Robert Fico	Smer-SD	531.919	28.01	893.841	40.61
	Andrei Kiska	independent	455.996	24.01	1,307,065	59.38
	Radoslav Procházka	independent	403,548	21.25
	Milan Kňažko	independent	244,401	12.87
	Gyula Bárdos	SMK-MKP	97.035	5.11
	Pavol Hrušovský	KDH	63,298	3.33
	Helena Mezenská	independent	45.180	2.38
	Ján Jurišta	KSS	12,209	0.64
	Ján Čarnogurský	independent	12.207	0.64
	Viliam Fischer	independent	9,514	0.50
	Jozef Behýl	independent	9.126	0.48
	Milan Melník	independent	7,678	0.40
	Jozef Šimko	SMS	4,674	0.25
	Stanislav Martinčko	KOS	2,547	0.13
total			1,899,332	100.00	2,200,906	100.00
Valid votes			1,899,332	99.23	2,200,906	98.94
Invalid votes			14,689	0.77	23,491	1.06
voter turnout			1,914,021	43.40	2,224,397	50.48
Eligible voters			4,409,793	-	4,406,261	-
Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Web links

• Official result of the 2014 presidential election Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Slovak, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ V boji o prezidenta sa stretne pätnásť kandidátov, stihla to aj Mezenská , SME on January 9, 2014; accessed on March 11, 2014
2. ↑ Presidential race: no strong candidate yet . Slovak Spectator on July 15, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
3. ↑ Osuský sa vzdal kandidatúry, SaS podporila Procházku . SME on January 29, 2014; accessed on March 11, 2014
4. ↑ prieskum MVK: Tretina by Bezáka volila za prezidenta . SME on January 24, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
5. ↑ Novym prezidentom by sa podľa prieskumu stal Robert Fico . Teraz.sk, May 22, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
6. ↑ Do druhého kola volieb prezidenta by postúpili R. Fico and R. Procházka . Teraz.sk, July 15, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
7. ↑ Focus 7/2013 (PDF)
8. ↑ V druhom kole prezidentských volieb by boli Fico a Hrušovský . Webnoviny.sk, July 31, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
9. ↑ Focus 9/2013 (PDF)
10. ↑ Prezidentské voľby: Do druhého kola by sa dostal Fico a Procházka . Aktuellity.sk, October 8, 2013; accessed on March 11, 2014
11. ↑ Focus 10/2013 (PDF)
12. ↑ Focus 11/2013 (PDF)
13. ↑ Focus 1/2014 (PDF)
14. ↑ Focus 2/2014 (PDF)
15. ↑ prieskum: Rozdiel medzi FICOM a Kiskom sa znížil . Pravda on March 8, 2014; accessed on March 11, 2014
16. ↑ Focus 3/2014 (PDF)
17. ↑ Výsledky prezidentských volieb 2014 , SME, accessed on March 16, 2014