General Information
At stake in this election:
- The office of President of Slovakia
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Rudolf SCHUSTER
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Mikulas DZURINDA
- Assembly: Slovakia has a unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) with 150 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
- In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.
Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:
- Ivan GAŠPAROVIC
- Party: Movement for Democracy and SMER / (HDZ - SMER)
- Vladimir MECIAR
- Party: Movement for a Democratic Slovakia-People's Party / (HZDS-LS)
Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:
- Vladimir MECIAR*
- Party: Movement for a Democratic Slovakia-People
- Ivan GASPAROVIC
- Party: People's Union - Movement for Democracy
- Eduard KUKAN
- Party: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
- Frantisek MIKLOSKO
- Party: Independent
- Rudolf SCHUSTER
- Party: Independent
- Martin BUTORA
- Party: Independent
Population and registered voters:
- Population: 5,372,280 (2004)
- Registered Voters: 4,202,597 (2004)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 2,766,407 (2004)
· Is Slovakia a signatory to CEDAW: No
· Has Slovakia ratified CEDAW: Yes, succession (28 May 1993)
· Gender Quota: No (there are political parties that have voluntary gender quotas)
· Female candidates in this election: No
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 29 (following the 2002 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 35 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A
Disability Data:
· Is Slovakia a signatory to CRPD: Yes (26 September 2007)
· Has Slovakia ratified CRPD: Yes (26 May 2010)
· Population with a disability: 805,842 (est.)