Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1990

Czechoslovak federal election, 1990

8 June 1990 (1990-06-08) – 9 June 1990 (1990-06-09)

All 150 seats to the House of the People All 150 seats to the House of Nations 75 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	96.79%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jan Urban	Ladislav Adamec	Ján Budaj
Party	OF	KSČ	VPN
Seats after	68	23	19
Seat change	68	116	19
Popular vote	3,851,172	1,445,407	1,104,125
Percentage	36.2%	13.6%	10.4%

Federal elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 8 and 9 June 1990,^[1] alongside elections for the Czech and Slovak Assemblies.^[2] They were the first elections held in the country since the end of Communist rule seven months earlier, and the first free elections since 1946.

The election saw a comprehensive victory for the movement of President Václav Havel. The Czech wing, Civic Forum, won 68 of the 150 seats in the House of the People and 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Nations. Its Slovak counterpart, Public Against Violence, won 19 seats in the House of the People and 33 in the House of Nations.^[2] Civic Forum won 36% of the vote for the House of the People, the most a Czechoslovakian party won in a free election.

The two wings of Havel's movement commanded a strong majority in the legislature, ^[3] with 87 seats in the House of the People and 83 in the House of Nations between them. It was the only occasion in which a party or alliance won an outright majority of seats in a free election. Voter turnout was 96.2%.^[2] The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, running in an honest election for the first time in 44 years, made a stronger showing than expected, taking 13 percent of the vote in both chambers to finish second behind Civic Forum.^[3]

Although Civic Forum and Public Against Violence had more than enough seats between them to govern without the support of other parties, they sought a broader base. They let it be known that they were willing to go into coalition with all parties except the Communists and the Slovak National Party.^[3]

Results

House of the People

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Civic Forum	3,851,172	36.2	68
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	1,445,407	13.6	23
Public Against Violence	1,104,125	10.4	19
Christian Democratic Movement	644,008	6.1	11
Christian and Democratic Union	629,359	5.9	9
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	572,015	5.4	9
Slovak National Party	372,025	3.5	6
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	360,779	3.4	0
Social Democracy	342,455	3.2	0
Green Party	332,974	3.1	0
Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	296,575	2.8	5
Czechoslovak Socialist Party	201,532	1.9	0
Democratic Party	149,310	1.4	0
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	76,338	0.7	0
Free Bloc	64,070	0.6	0
Freedom Party	49,012	0.5	0
VSZS	47,971	0.5	0
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	23,428	0.2	0
Rómovia	22,670	0.2	0
HOS	22,165	0.2	0
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	21,979	0.2	0
Friends of Beer Party	8,943	0.1	0
Invalid/blank votes	136,929	–	–
Total	10,775,125	100	150
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

House of Nations

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Civic Forum	3,613,513	34.0	50
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	1,452,659	13.7	24
Public Against Violence	1,262,278	11.9	33
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	658,477	6.2	7
Christian and Democratic Union	633,053	6.0	6
Christian Democratic Movement	564,172	5.3	14
Slovak National Party	387,387	3.6	9
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	359,474	3.4	0
Social Democracy	352,678	3.3	0
Green Party	336,310	3.2	0
Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	287,426	2.7	7
Czechoslovak Socialist Party	210,735	2.0	0
Democratic Party	124,561	1.2	0
Free Bloc	84,553	0.8	0
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	79,324	0.8	0
VSZS	54,916	0.5	0
Freedom Party	42,111	0.4	0
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	32,543	0.3	0
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	25,672	0.2	0
HOS	22,124	0.2	0
Rómovia	20,445	0.2	0
Friends of Beer Party	13,869	0.1	0
Invalid/blank votes	139,731	–	–
Total	10,758,011	100	150
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
1 2 3 Nohlen & Stöver, p472
1 2 3 Kamm, Henry. Now, the Czech Reality; Political 'Amateurs,' After Free Elections, Turn to Problems Left by the Communists. The New York Times, 1990-06-11.

Elections in Czechoslovakia

Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992

Parliamentary by-elections	1924

Regional elections	1923 1928 1935

Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990

Referendums	1951

See also: Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia

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