Slovak parliamentary election, 1998
- SDL: 23
- SOP: 13
- SDK: 42
- HZDS: 43
- SMK: 15
- SNS: 14
The parliamentary elections in Slovakia in 1998 the National Council was held on Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26 September 1998. There were to be awarded 150 seats in parliament.
The choice is rated as a turning point in the modern history of Slovakia, as they ended the isolation of the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Meciar and his party HZDS.
Electoral system
The National Council was elected under the proportional method. There was a minimum threshold of 5 % for individual parties for a coalition of two or three parties, and 7% for four or more parties 10%. The legislature was 4 years.
Participating parties and candidates
There is a choice were 17 political parties and movements with a total of 2,619 candidates.
Choice
The turnout was very high at 84.24 % and represented a significant increase dar. compared to last election year
A total of around 4 million eligible voters were invited to cast their vote on 25 and 26 September 1998.
Election result
The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) was narrowly won the election with 27 % of the vote, yet they suffered the most losses. In second place, the constituency association newly established landed Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK ); It reached from the state of 26.33%. Third and fourth strongest party was the Party of the Democratic Left (SDL ) with 14.66%, and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition with 9.12%. One of the former coalition partner, the Slovak National Party (SNS) was down votes and reached 9.07 %. The party also newly established the bourgeois understanding (SOP ) received 8.01 % of the vote and went with 13 deputies in parliament. The other coalition partners, the Working Men's Association of Slovakia ( ZRS ) failed at the 5 % threshold and thus lost all 13 seats.
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Since all other parties precluded cooperation with the HZDS except the SNS, it had to go into opposition. The final coalition of SDK, SMK, SDL and SOP ( I Dzurinda government, so-called "government of change" ), led by Mikuláš Dzurinda, began to reign on 30 October 1998. She had 150 seats held a two-thirds majority with 93. This allowed changes in the Constitution: How is the president since 1999, no longer directly elected by Parliament, but.
In other areas, the land was redeveloped: The new government intensified its focus on Western countries and the EU; also the internal political situation stabilized. On the other hand, the new government had to carry out unpopular measures to keep the growing deficit.