1993 Slovak presidential election

1993 Slovak Presidential election

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26 January to 15 February 1993

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Nominee	Michal Kováč
Party	HZDS
Electoral vote	106
Percentage	73%

Elected President

Michal Kováč

The 1993 Slovak presidential elections were held between 26 January and 15 February 1993. Michal Kováč was elected as the first president of Slovakia and became the only Slovak president elected by Parliament.^[1]^[2] A candidate needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.

Results

First Ballot

Candidate	Party	First round (26 January)		Second round (27 January)
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Michal Kováč	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	69	48.25	78	71.56
Milan Ftáčnik	Party of the Democratic Left	30	20.97	31	28.44
Anton Neuwirth	Christian Democratic Movement	27	18.88
Jozef Prokeš	Slovak National Party	17	11.88
Total		143	100	109	100

Second Ballot

15 February
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Michal Kováč	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia	106	73.1
Against		19	13.1
Blank ballots		20	13.8
Total		106	100

References

^ "Prehľad výsledkov prezidentských volieb od roku 1993". Teraz.sk (in Slovak). 26 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ Jancura, Vladimír (15 February 2013). "Prvý prezident mohol byť len Kováč". Pravda (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 August 2016.