1998 Slovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.[1] The elections resulted in the defeat of the Vladimír Mečiar government and the election of Mikuláš Dzurinda as Prime Minister. His party, the Slovak Democratic Coalition formed a coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.

1998 Slovak parliamentary election

25–26 September 1998
All 150 seats in the National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.25% ( 0.08 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vladimír Mečiar Mikuláš Dzurinda Jozef Migaš Party HZDS KDH SDĽ Alliance SDK Last election 61 seats, 35.0% 32 seats, 22.1%[lower-alpha 1] 18 Seats won 43 42 23 Seat change 18 10 5 Popular vote 907,103 884,497 492,507 Percentage 27.0% 26.3% 14.7% Swing 8.0 pp 4.2 pp 4.3 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Béla Bugár Ján Slota Rudolf Schuster Party SMK SNS SOP Last election 17 seats, 10.2% 9 seats, 5.4% New party Seats won 15 14 13 Seat change 2 5 New party Popular vote 306,623 304,839 269,343 Percentage 9.1% 9.1% 8.0% Swing 1.1 pp 3.7 pp New party
Results of the election, showing vote strength by district
Prime Minister before election Vladimír Mečiar HZDS Elected Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda KDH