Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 25 and 26 September 1998.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 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 supermajority coalition government with the Party of the Democratic Left, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, and the Party of Civic Understanding.
Participating parties Party Ideology Political position Leader Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Slovak nationalismPopulism Syncretic Vladimír Mečiar Slovak Democratic Coalition (KDH–DÚ–DS–SDSS–SZ) Christian democracyEconomic liberalism Centre-right Mikuláš Dzurinda Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ) Social democracyDemocratic socialism Centre-left Jozef Migaš Party of the Hungarian Coalition (MKP/SMK) Hungarian minority interestsChristian democracy Centre-right Béla Bugár Slovak National Party (SNS) UltranationalismRight-wing populism Far-right Ján Slota Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) Social liberalismPopulism Centre-left Rudolf Schuster
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