Zuzana Čaputová Independent Peter Pellegrini Hlas Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March and April 2024.

[5] Slovak citizens not sentenced for an intentional crime aged 40 or more are eligible to run for the office of president.

Milan Náhlik, Štefan Harabin, Marian Kotleba and Peter Pellegrini have expressed statements sympathetic with Russia in relation to its invasion of Ukraine and critical of the European Union, with Pellegrini supporting Ukraine opening negotiations with Russia.

[18] Pellegrini and Fico's accusations were made despite the office of the president not having constitutional powers to deploy military forces abroad.

[20][21][22] President Čaputová denounced war rhetoric used during the campaigning for the second round and defended both Pellegrini and Korčok from allegations that they were willing to deploy soldiers in Ukraine.