1990 Czech National Council election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 June 1990 alongside federal elections. They were the first elections after the Velvet Revolution and voter turnout was 97%.[1]

1990 Czech National Council election

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All 200 seats in the Czech National Council
101 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Petr Pithart Jiří Machalík
Party OF KSČ
Last election Did not exist 137
Seats won 124 33
Seat change New Decrease 104
Popular vote 3,569,201 954,690
Percentage 49.50% 13.24%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Boleslav Bárta Josef Bartončík
Party HSD–SMS Lidovci
Alliance KDU
Last election Did not exist 14
Seats won 23 20
Seat change New Increase 6
Popular vote 723,609 607,134
Percentage 10.03% 8.42%

Most voted-for party by district
      OF        HSD–SMS

Prime Minister before election

Petr Pithart
OF

Prime Minister after election

Petr Pithart
OF

Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Civic Forum, the Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia and Christian and Democratic Union with Petr Pithart as Prime Minister.

Opinion polls

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Graphical summary

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Graph of opinion polls conducted


Date Polling Firm OF KSČ SZ KDU ČSSD ČSS HSD-SMS ZEM SPR Others Undecided
2/1990 IVVM 23.3 13.2 42.4
3/1990 IVVM 19.2 12.7 11.6 18.4 21.1 16.9
4/1990 IVVM 32.8 18.8 16.2 13.6 7.0 7.0 0.2 4.6 0.2
5/1990 IVVM 46.7 14.3 5.7 9.7 5.3 3.4 5.5 1.1 1.9
Source: Nesstar

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Civic Forum3,569,20149.50124
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia954,69013.2433
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia723,60910.0323
Christian and Democratic Union607,1348.4220
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside296,5474.110
Czechoslovak Social Democracy296,1654.110
Green Party295,8444.100
Czechoslovak Socialist Party192,9222.680
Free Bloc75,2421.040
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic72,0481.000
Electoral Union of Interest Groups60,3540.840
Friends of Beer Party43,6320.610
Czechoslovak Democratic Forum23,6590.330
Total7,211,047100.00200
Valid votes7,211,04798.73
Invalid/blank votes92,5731.27
Total votes7,303,620100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,553,47796.69
Source: Volby (votes)

References

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