Czech legislative election, 1998

Czech legislative election, 1998
Czech Republic
19–20 June 1998

All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Miloš Zeman Václav Klaus Miroslav Grebenicek
Party ČSSD ODS KSČM
Seats won 74 63 24
Seat change Increase13 Decrease5 Increase2
Popular vote 1,928,660 1,656,011 658,550
Percentage 32.31% 27.74 11.03%
Swing Increase2.69pp Decrease1.88pp Increase1.30pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Josef Lux Jan Ruml
Party KDU–ČSL US
Seats won 20 19
Seat change Increase2 New
Popular vote 537,013 513,596
Percentage 8.99% 8.60%
Swing Increase0.91pp

PM before election

Josef Tošovský
Independent

Elected PM

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 19 and 20 June 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 74 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 73.9%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Czech Social Democratic Party1,928,66032.3174+13
Civic Democratic Party1,656,01127.7463–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia658,55011.0324+2
KDU-ČSL537,0138.9920+2
Freedom Union513,5968.6019New
SPR-RSČ232,9653.900–18
Pensioners for Life Security182,9003.0600
Democratic Union86,4311.4400
Green Party67,1431.120New
Independents51,9810.8700
Moravian Democratic Party22,2820.370New
Czech National Social Party17,1850.290New
Civic Coalition – Political Club14,7880.250New
Invalid/blank votes25,339
Total5,994,8441002000
Registered voters/turnout8,116,83673.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
ČSSD
 
32.31%
ODS
 
27.74%
KSČM
 
11.03%
KDU-ČSL
 
8.99%
US
 
8.60%
SPR-RSČ
 
3.90%
DŽJ
 
3.06%
DEU
 
1.44%
SZ
 
1.12%
Others
 
1.81%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
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