Czech legislative election, 1992

Czech legislative election, 1992
Czech Socialist Republic
5–6 June 1992

All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Václav Klaus Jiří Svoboda Jiří Horák
Party ODS–KDS KSČM ČSSD
Seats won 76 35 16
Seat change New Increase2 Increase16
Popular vote 1,924,483 909,490 422,736
Percentage 29.73% 14.00% 6.53%
Swing Increase0.76pp Increase2.42pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader František Trnka Josef Lux Miroslav Sládek
Party LSU KDU–ČSL SPR-RSČ
Seats won 16 15 14
Seat change Increase16 Decrease5 New
Popular vote 421,988 406,341 387,026
Percentage 6.52% 6.28% 5.98%
Swing Decrease0.26pp Decrease2.14pp New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Jan Kalvoda Jan Kryčer
Party ODA HSD-SMS
Seats won 14 14
Seat change New Decrease9
Popular vote 383,705 380,088
Percentage 5.93% 5.87%
Swing Decrease4.16pp

PM before election

Petr Pithart
Civic Movement

Elected PM

Václav Klaus
ODS

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National Council elections were held in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,[1] alongside federal elections. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party alliance, which won 76 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 85.0%.[2] When the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the National Council became its Parliament.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party1,924,48329.7376
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia909,49014.0535
Czechoslovak Social Democracy422,7366.5316
Liberal-Social Union421,9886.5216
KDU-ČSL406,3416.2815
SPR-RSČ387,0265.9814
Civic Democratic Alliance383,7055.9314
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia380,0885.8714
Civic Movement297,4064.590
Pensioners for Life Security244,3193.770
Czechoslovak Businessmen's, Traders' and Farmers' Party203,6543.150
Club of Committed Non-Party Members174,0062.690
Independent Initiative88,8231.370
Friends of Beer Party83,9591.300
Movement for Social Justice69,6211.080
Democrats 9237,8390.580
Roma Civic Initiative16,8540.260
Republican Party and National Democratic Unity11,1150.170
National Socialist Party - National Social Party of Czechoslovakia9,7970.150
Invalid/blank votes102,776
Total6,756,026100200
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
ODS-KDS
 
29.73%
KSČM
 
14.05%
ČSSD
 
6.53%
LSU
 
6.52%
KDU-ČSL
 
6.28%
SPR-RSČ
 
5.98%
ODA
 
5.93%
HSD-SMS
 
5.87%
OH
 
4.59%
DŽJ
 
3.77%
SPŽR ČR
 
3.15%
KAN
 
2.69%
Others
 
4.91%
Parliamentary seats
ODS-KDS
 
38.00%
KSČM
 
17.50%
ČSSD
 
8.00%
LSU
 
8.00%
KDU-ČSL
 
7.50%
SPR-RSČ
 
7.00%
ODA
 
7.00%
HSD-SMS
 
7.00%

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p473
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