1998 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998. The elections resulted in the defeat of the Vladimír Mečiar government and the election of Mikuláš Dzurinda as Prime Minister. His party, the Slovak Democratic Coalition formed a coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.

1998 Slovak parliamentary election

25–26 September 1998
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.25% ( 0.08 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš Party HZDS KDH SDĽ Alliance SDK Last election 61 seats, 35.0% 32 seats, 22.1% 18 Seats won 43 42 23 Seat change 18 10 5 Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507 Percentage 27.0% 26.3% 14.7% Swing 8.0 pp 4.2 pp 4.3 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster Party SMK SNS SOP Last election 17 seats, 10.2% 9 seats, 5.4% Did not exist Seats won 15 14 13 Seat change 2 5 New Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343 Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 8.0% Swing 1.1 pp 3.7 pp New
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district
Prime Minister before election Vladimír Mečiar HZDS Elected Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda KDH

Participating parties

Party		Ideology	Political position	Leader
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)	Slovak nationalism Populism	Syncretic	Vladimír Mečiar
	Slovak Democratic Coalition (KDH–DÚ–DS–SDSS–SZ)	Christian democracy Economic liberalism	Centre-right	Mikuláš Dzurinda
	Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ)	Social democracy Democratic socialism	Centre-left	Jozef Migaš
	Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK)	Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy	Centre-right	Béla Bugár
	Slovak National Party (SNS)	Ultranationalism Right-wing populism	Far-right	Ján Slota
	Party of Civic Understanding (SOP)	Social liberalism Populism	Centre-left	Rudolf Schuster

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	907,103	27.00	–7.97	43	–18
	Slovak Democratic Coalition	884,497	26.33	+4.25	42	+10
	Party of the Democratic Left	492,507	14.66	–	23	–
	Party of the Hungarian Coalition	306,623	9.13	–1.06	15	–2
	Slovak National Party	304,839	9.07	+3.67	14	+5
	Party of Civic Understanding	269,343	8.02	New	13	New
	Communist Party of Slovakia	94,015	2.80	+0.07	0	0
	Union of the Workers of Slovakia	43,809	1.30	–6.04	0	–13
	Our Slovakia	16,192	0.48	New	0	New
	Slovak People's Party	9,227	0.27	New	0	New
	Hungarian Popular Movement for Reconciliation and Prosperity	6,587	0.20	New	0	New
	Independent Initiative	6,232	0.19	New	0	New
	Slovak National Unity	4,688	0.14	New	0	New
	B–Revolutionary Workers' Party	4,391	0.13	New	0	New
	United Labour Party of Slovakia	3,574	0.11	New	0	New
	Slovak National Alternative	3,034	0.09	New	0	New
	Third Way Movement	2,515	0.07	New	0	New
Total		3,359,176	100.00	–	150	0
Valid votes		3,359,176	99.11
Invalid/blank votes		30,170	0.89
Total votes		3,389,346	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,023,191	84.25
Source: Nohlen & Stöver