At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Slovakia

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Ivan GASPAROVIC
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert FICO
• 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 absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
• In the National Council of the Slovak Republic (Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky) 150 members are elected through a flexible-list proportional representation system.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

• Ivan GAŠPAROVIC
  • Alliance: Direction - Social Democracy, and Slovak National Party / Smer – sociálna demokracia, Slovenská národná (Smer-SNS)
• Iveta RADIČOVÁ
  • Party: Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party / Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská unia (SDKU-DS)

Last Presidential election:

• The incumbent candidate Ivan GASPAROVIC won the last presidential election on April 3, 2004.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 5,386,406 (2009)
• Registered Voters: 4,339,257 (March 2009)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 2,775,099 (2009)

·         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: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 24 (following the 2006 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: 807,960 (est.)