2009 Slovak presidential election
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{{Infobox Election
| country = Slovakia
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 2004 Slovak presidential election
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = 2014 Slovak presidential election
| next_year = 2014
| seats_for_election =
| election_date = 21 March 2009 (first round)
4 April 2009 (second round)
| turnout = 43.62% (first round) {{decrease}} 4.32pp
51.65% (second round) {{increase}} 8.15pp
| image1 = Ivan Gašparovič (cropped) Election infobox.jpg
| nominee1 = Ivan Gašparovič
| party1 = Independent{{efn|name=nb|Although Gašparovič was officially an independent, his campaign was endorsed and funded by Direction – Social Democracy}}
| popular_vote1 = 1,234,787
| percentage1 = 55.53%
| colour1 = {{party color|Direction – Slovak Social Democracy}}
| image2 = Prime Minister Iveta Radičová (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Iveta Radičová
| party2 = Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
| popular_vote2 = 988,808
| percentage2 = 44.47%
| map_image = {{Switcher
|First round results by district
|Second round results by district
|default=2
}}
| title = President
| before_election = Ivan Gašparovič
| before_party = Independent politician
| after_election = Ivan Gašparovič
| after_party = Independent politician
}}
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2009, the country's third direct presidential elections. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 21 March, the second round on 4 April saw Ivan Gašparovič become the first Slovak president to be re-elected, defeating opposition candidate Iveta Radičová by 56% to 44%.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123892909320190267|agency=Associated Press|title=Slovakia Re-Elects President in Runoff Ballot|date=April 5, 2009}}
Candidates
There were seven candidates for the first round, which was held on 21 March:{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=02&dd=19&nav_id=57279 |title = B92 - News - Politics - Slovak presidential hopefuls mull Kosovo |accessdate=2009-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328175308/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=02&dd=19&nav_id=57279 |archivedate=2009-03-28 }}
- Ivan Gašparovič: incumbent president, supported by governing parties Direction – Social Democracy and Slovak National Party, and extra-parliamentary Movement for Democracy
- Iveta Radičová: candidate of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, supported by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement and Civic Conservative Party
- František Mikloško: candidate of the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia
- Zuzana Martináková: candidate of the Free Forum
- {{ill|Milan Melník|sk}}: independent candidate supported by the governing People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
- {{ill|Milan Sidor|sk}}: independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of Slovakia
- Dagmara Bollová: independent candidate, former member of the Communist Party of Slovakia
Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 46.7% and 38.1% of the first round votes, respectively.Zora Bútorová, Jarmila Filadelfiová & Oľga Gyarfášová, "Towards Gender Equality in Slovakia?" in Gendering Post-socialist Transition: Studies of Changing Gender Perspectives (eds. Krasimira Daskalova, Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Karl Kaser & Filip Radunović: LIT Verlag, 2012), p. 269. Slovak women tended to be more supportive of Radičová.
In the second round of elections, held on 4 April, Gašparovič received 1,234,787 votes (55.5%), winning election.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53410M20090405|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201073124/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53410M20090405|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=Slovak president wins re-election in a boost for PM|date=2009-04-05|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=2009-04-05}} Radičová received 44.5% of the vote. After the election, Gašparovič said, "I am glad I can be standing here today with the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament ... The [election] is the most direct evidence that people trust us."
Results
File:Slovensko prezidentské voľby 2009 1. kolo obce.png
Voter turnout was 44% in the first round and 52% in the second round.Grigorij Mesežnikov, Miroslav Kollár & Michal Vašecka, "Slovakia" in Nations in Transit 2010: Democratization from Central Europe to Eurasia (ed. Lisa Mootz: Freedom House, 2010), pp. 483-84. Voter turnout among women slightly increased in both the first and second rounds of the election, which was attributed to Radičová's candidacy.
{{Election results
|cand1=Ivan Gašparovič|party1=Smer, SNS, HZD|votes1=876061|votes1_2=1234787
|cand2=Iveta Radičová|party2=SDKÚ–DS, SMK, KDH, OKS|votes2=713735|votes2_2=988808
|cand3=František Mikloško|party3=Conservative Democrats of Slovakia|votes3=101573
|cand4=Zuzana Martináková|party4=Free Forum|votes4=96035
|cand5={{ill|Milan Melník|sk}}|party5=Movement for a Democratic Slovakia|votes5=45985
|cand6=Dagmara Bollová|party6=Independent|votes6=21378
|cand7={{ill|Milan Sidor|sk}}|party7=Communist Party of Slovakia|votes7=20862
|invalid=17040|invalid2=17767
|electorate=4339331|electorate2=4339331
|source=[https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2091/ IFES], [https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2093/ IFES]
}}
=By region =
== First round ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px" |
| style="height:40px;"
! style="width:200px;" rowspan="2"| Region ! style="width:40px;"| Gašparovič ! style="width:40px;"| Radičová ! style="width:40px;"| Mikloško ! style="width:40px;"| Martináková ! style="width:40px;"| Melník ! style="width:40px;"| Bollová ! style="width:40px;"| Sidor |
| style="background:{{party color|Direction – Slovak Social Democracy}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party}}| |
|---|
| align="left"| Bratislava Region
| 33.21 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|52.60 | 6.75 | 4.74 | 1.62 | 0.84 | 0.56 |
| align="left"| Trnava Region
| 37.80 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|49.90 | 4.73 | 4.08 | 1.64 | 1.28 | 0.57 |
| align="left"| Trenčín Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|57.23 | 26.17 | 4.59 | 5.98 | 3.38 | 1.44 | 1.21 |
| align="left"| Nitra Region
| 43.29 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|45.24 | 3.70 | 4.23 | 1.92 | 0.91 | 0.72 |
| align="left"| Žilina Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|56.22 | 26.10 | 6.75 | 5.53 | 3.15 | 1.23 | 1.02 |
| align="left"| Banská Bystrica Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|51.09 | 35.80 | 3.18 | 5.22 | 2.23 | 1.23 | 1.23 |
| align="left"| Prešov Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|52.52 | 27.15 | 8.55 | 5.75 | 2.75 | 1.20 | 2.09 |
| align="left"| Košice Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|42.26 | 41.97 | 5.00 | 5.37 | 2.92 | 1.06 | 1.43 |
| colspan=10| |
| align="left"| Total in Slovakia
| style="background:#ec9191;"|46.71 | 38.05 | 5.41 | 5.12 | 2.45 | 1.13 | 1.11 |
| colspan=10| |
| align="left"| Cities
| 42.20 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|42.54 | 5.61 | 5.35 | 2.11 | 1.09 | 1.06 |
| align="left"| Villages
| style="background:#ec9191;"|52.28 | 32.49 | 5.16 | 4.82 | 2.86 | 1.19 | 1.16 |
== Second round ==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px" |
| style="height:40px;"
! style="width:200px;" rowspan="2"| Region ! style="width:40px;"| Ivan Gašparovič ! style="width:40px;"| Iveta Radičová |
| style="background:{{party color|Direction – Slovak Social Democracy}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party}}| |
|---|
| align="left"| Bratislava Region
| 38.80 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|61.20 |
| align="left"| Trnava Region
| 42.17 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|57.89 |
| align="left"| Trenčín Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|70.76 | 29.24 |
| align="left"| Nitra Region
| 46.07 | style="background:#83a8d2;"|53.93 |
| align="left"| Žilina Region
| style="background:#ec9191" |70.52 | 29.48 |
| align="left"| Banská Bystrica Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|59.32 | 40.68 |
| align="left"| Prešov Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|66.54 | 33.46 |
| align="left"| Košice Region
| style="background:#ec9191;"|50.69 | 49.31 |
| colspan=10| |
| align="left"| Total in Slovakia
| style="background:#ec9191;"|55.53 | 44.47 |
| colspan=10| |
| align="left"| Cities
| style="background:#ec9191;"|50.73 | 49.27 |
| align="left"| Villages
| style="background:#ec9191;"|61.29 | 38.71 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/slovakia/ NSD: European Election Database - Slovakia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615003503/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/slovakia/ |date=2014-06-15 }} publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2010
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