Czech legislative election, 2002

Czech legislative election, 2002

1998 ←
14 and 15 June 2002
→ 2006

All 200 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
101 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Vladimír Špidla Václav Klaus
Party ČSSD ODS
Last election 74 seats 63 seats
Seats won 70 58
Seat change –4 –5
Popular vote 1,440,279 1,166,975
Percentage 30.20% 24.5%

PM before election

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

Elected PM

Vladimír Špidla]
ČSSD

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Czech Social Democratic Party 1,440,279 30.2 70 –4
Civic Democratic Party 1,166,975 24.5 58 –5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 882,653 18.5 41 +17
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU 680,670 14.3 31 +11
Union of Independents 132,699 2.8 0 New
Green Party 122,929 2.4 0 0
Republicans of Miroslav Sládek 46,325 1.0 0 New
Rural Party 41,773 0.9 0 New
Party for a Secure Life 41,404 0.9 0 New
Czech National Social Party 38,655 0.8 0 0
Hope 29,955 0.6 0 New
Right Bloc 28,163 0.6 0 New
Civic Democratic Alliance 24,278 0.5 0 New
Choice for the Future 16,730 0.4 0 New
Path of Change 13,169 0.3 0 New
Moravian Democratic Party 12,957 0.3 0 0
Common Sense Party 10,849 0.2 0 New
AZSD 9,637 0.2 0 New
BPS 9,287 0.2 0 New
Humanist Alliance 8,461 0.2 0 New
Republicans 6,786 0.1 0 New
National Democratic Party 5,532 0.1 0 New
Democratic League 4,059 0.1 0 New
Czech Right 2,041 0.0 0 New
Czech Social Democratic Movement 602 0.0 0 New
Roma Civic Initiative 523 0.0 0 New
Party of Democratic Socialism 475 0.0 0 New
New Movement 139 0.0 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 21,139
Total 4,789,145 100 200 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 9873832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472