Presidential elections were held in Slovakia on April 3 (first round) and April 17 (second round) 2004. In the second round, Ivan Gašparovič was elected President of Slovakia.
In the first round former Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar led a field of eleven candidates, including his former ally Gašparovič and incumbent President Rudolf Schuster, who polled poorly. The candidate backed by the current government, Eduard Kukan, came third, meaning that the second round on April 17 was contested by Meciar and Gašparovič. In the second round, Gašparovič easily defeated Meciar.
Results of 1st round
| Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
|
| Stanislav Bernát
| independent
| 5,719
| 0.3
|
| Martin Bútora
| independent
| 129,387
| 6.5
|
| Ivan Gašparovič
| Movement for Democracy, People's Union, endorsed by Smer
| 442,564
| 22.3
|
| Jozef Kalman
| Left Bloc
| 10,221
| 0.5
|
| Ján Králik
| Party of the Democratic Left
| 15,873
| 0.8
|
| Július Kubík
| independent
| 7,734
| 0.4
|
| Eduard Kukan
| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union
| 438,920
| 22.1
|
| Vladimír Mečiar
| People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
| 650,242
| 32.7
|
| František Mikloško
| Christian Democratic Movement, endorsed by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition
| 129,414
| 6.5
|
| Lubo Roman
| Alliance of the New Citizen, withdrew his candidature on March 15
| -
| -
|
| Rudolf Schuster
| independent
| 147,549
| 7.4
|
| Jozef Šesták
| independent
| 6,785
| 0.3
|
| Total
| -
| 1,986,214
| -
|
Results of 2nd round
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