Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2009, the country's third direct presidential elections. After no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round on 21 March, the second round on 4 April saw Ivan Gašparovič become the first Slovak president to be re-elected, defeating opposition candidate Iveta Radičová by 55.53% to 44.47%.^[1]

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2009 Slovak presidential election

← 2004 21 March 2009 (first round) 4 April 2009 (second round) 2014 →
Turnout	43.62% (first round) 51.65% (second round)
Nominee Ivan Gašparovič Iveta Radičová Party Independent SDKÚ-DS Popular vote 1,234,787 988,808 Percentage 55.53% 44.47%
First round results by district Second round results by district
President before election Ivan Gašparovič Independent Elected President Ivan Gašparovič Independent

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There were seven candidates for the first round, which was held on 21 March:^[2]

• Ivan Gašparovič: incumbent president, supported by governing parties Direction – Social Democracy and Slovak National Party, and extra-parliamentary Movement for Democracy
• Iveta Radičová: candidate of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, supported by the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, Christian Democratic Movement and Civic Conservative Party
• František Mikloško: candidate of the Conservative Democrats of Slovakia
• Zuzana Martináková: candidate of the Free Forum
• Milan Melník [sk]: independent candidate supported by the governing People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
• Milan Sidor [sk]: independent candidate supported by the Communist Party of Slovakia
• Dagmara Bollová: independent candidate, former member of the Communist Party of Slovakia

Gašparovič and Radičová advanced to the second round, winning 46.7% and 38.1% of the first round votes, respectively.^[3] Slovak women tended to be more supportive of Radičová.^[3]

In the second round of elections, held on 4 April, Gašparovič received 1,234,787 votes (55.5%), winning election.^[4] Radičová received 44.5% of the vote. After the election, Gašparovič said, "I am glad I can be standing here today with the prime minister and the speaker of the parliament ... The [election] is the most direct evidence that people trust us."^[4]

Voter turnout was 43.6% in the first round and 51.7% in the second round.^[5] Voter turnout among women slightly increased in both the first and second rounds of the election, which was attributed to Radičová's candidacy.^[3]