2024 Slovak presidential election

Presidential elections will be held in Slovakia no later than April 2024 according to the Constitution of Slovakia. The first round of the last presidential election was held on 16 March 2019, so the next election is expected to be held on 17 March 2024. It may, however, be held earlier under exceptional circumstances such as the resignation or death of the President.

2024 Slovak presidential election
By 16 April 2024
Incumbent President

Zuzana Čaputová
Independent


Incumbent president Zuzana Čaputová announced in June 2023 that she would not run for a second term.[1]

Electoral system

The President of Slovakia is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate gains a majority in the first round, a runoff will be held between the top-two candidates.[2]

Candidates

Announced

Speculative
  • Robert Fico, incumbent leader and MP of SMER–SD, former Prime Minister and 2014 presidential candidate. He has not ruled out his second presidential candidacy. He is considered the strongest potential candidate of his party.[10]
  • Martin Jakubec, businessman, singer, television personality. He announced his presidential candidacy in the 2019 election, but failed to meet the minimal age requirement.[11] He ran in the 2022 Slovak local elections as a candidate of ĽSNS for the Mayor of Bratislava, receiving 1.39%.[12] In March 2020, he announced on his Facebook profile that he will run for the 2024 presidential election, but it remains unclear whether he has started collecting the 15,000 citizen or 15 MP signatures.[13]
  • Robert Mistrík, researcher, entrepreneur and co-founder of SaS. He ran in the previous presidential election, but later withdrew his candidacy and endorsed Zuzana Čaputová.[14]
  • Vladimír Palko, mathematician, university professor, former Minister of the Interior, political commentator. Confirmed rumours of candidacy in an interview on 17 August 2023, failed to confirm the intention.[15]
  • Peter Pellegrini, leader of Voice – Social Democracy and former Prime Minister is specualted as potential candidate of his party.[16]
  • Veronika Remišová, former Deputy Prime Minister, chairwoman of the Za Ľudí party.
  • Maroš Žilinka, incumbent Prosecutor General of Slovakia. Although he denies the claims that he will run in the election,[17] some journalists, politologists and politicians, including the Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď, still speculate about Žilinka's candidacy.[18][19]

Declined
  • Zuzana Čaputová, incumbent President. Initially has not ruled out her candidacy for re-election.[20] She announced on 20 June 2023 that she won't run.[21]
  • Peter Weiss, diplomat, former chariman of the SDĽ and former ambassador to the Czech Republic and Hungary. He was rumoured to be the candidate of HLAS–SD.[22] Weiss declined the candidacy in late August 2023.[23]

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 Slovak presidential election

References
  1. "Reakcie na rozhodnutie prezidentky / Pavel vyjadril Čaputovej uznanie, Kiska cíti smútok a Smer ju kritizuje". Postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. Slovak Republic: Election for president IFES Election Guide
  3. "Záujem kandidovať za prezidenta po Štefanovi Harabinovi ohlásil aj bývalý ústavný sudca Ján Drgonec". Denník N. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. "Harabin ako prvý ohlasuje kandidatúru na prezidenta. Útočí na všetkých, môže oslabiť kandidáta Smeru". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. "Harabin potvrdil, že chce opäť kandidovať na prezidenta. Začína so zberom podpisov". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. Sliz, Martin (21 June 2023). "Ivan Korčok zvažuje kandidatúru na prezidenta". aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. Mikušovič, Dušan (30 August 2023). "Ivan Korčok bude kandidovať za prezidenta, prieskumy mu dávajú šancu poraziť Fica". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  8. Tomečková, Nicol (28 June 2023). "Ján Kubiš zvažuje kandidatúru na prezidenta". Správy RTVS (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. TASR (19 August 2023). "J. Kubiš chce byť občianskym kandidátom na prezidenta SR". teraz.sk. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  10. Pataj, Roman (3 January 2022). "O ideálnom scenári pre Fica a o dôvode, pre ktorý ide po Čaputovej". dennikn.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. "Martin Jakubec zavádza keď tvrdí, že kandiduje na prezidenta". dennikn.sk (in Slovak). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  12. "Výsledky hlasovania podľa obcí" (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  13. "Martin Jakubec". facebook.com (in Slovak). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  14. Kekelák, Lukáš. "Robert Mistrík / Prezidentke chýba líderstvo. Svojím pôsobením dláždi do paláca cestu antisystému". postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. Černická, Lívia (17 August 2023). "Pribudne kandidát na prezidenta? Čo na to hovorí Vladimír Palko". Plus 7 dní. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. "Diplomat, vědec, soudce či prokurátor. Na Slovensku se začínají rýsovat možní nástupci Čaputové". iROZHLAS (in Czech). 24 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  17. "Žilinka prehovoril o údajnej kandidatúre za prezidenta a ruskej propagande". pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  18. "Žilinka kandidátom na prezidenta? Podľa politológa si zrejme niektoré strany túto ideu osvoja". webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  19. Marcišiak, Marcel. "Maroš Žilinka by už onedlho nemusel byť generálnym prokurátorom. A to z vlastnej vôle". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  20. "Zuzana Čaputová nevylúčila, že bude v roku". dennikn.sk (in Slovak). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. Balogová, Beata. "Zuzana Čaputová exkluzívne pre SME: Prečo som sa rozhodla nekandidovať". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  22. "Čo sa stane v roku 2023 (predpovede Denníka N)". dennikn.sk (in Slovak). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  23. "Ivan Korčok bude kandidovať na prezidenta. Jeho tím zrejme zverejnil informáciu predčasne". Štandard (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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