1998 Slovak presidential election

{{Infobox Election

| election_name = 1998 Slovak Presidential election

| country = Slovakia

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| party_color = no

| previous_election = 1993 Slovak presidential election

| previous_year = 1993

| next_election = 1999 Slovak presidential election

| next_year = 1999

| seats_for_election =

| election_date = 20 January to 17 December 1998

| title = President

| before_election = Michal Kováč

| after_election = none

}}

The 1998 Slovak Presidential elections were held from 20 January to 17 December 1998. The Slovak parliament failed to elect the new president of Slovakia which led to the introduction of a direct election in 1999. A candidate would have needed to receive 90 votes to be elected.{{cite web |first=Petr |last=Just |first2=Malvina |last2=Hladka |title=Cesta k přímé volbě prezidenta na Slovensku|url=http://cpssu.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2004032001|website=Czech-Slovak Political Science Students' Union |date=21 March 2004|accessdate=9 August 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621134653/http://cpssu.org/view.php?cisloclanku=2004032001 |archivedate=2006-06-21}}{{cite news|author=|title=Prehľad výsledkov prezidentských volieb od roku 1993 |date=26 February 2014|url=http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/prehlad-vysledky-prezidentske-volby/75255-clanok.html|website=Teraz.sk|accessdate=10 August 2016 |language=sk}}