Czech legislative election, 1998

Czech legislative election, 1998

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 Grebeníček Party ČSSD ODS KSČM Seats won 74 63 24 Seat change 13 5 2 Popular vote 1,928,660 1,656,011 658,550 Percentage 32.31% 27.74 11.03% Swing 2.69pp 1.88pp 1.30pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Josef Lux Jan Ruml Party KDU–ČSL US Seats won 20 19 Seat change 2 New Popular vote 537,013 513,596 Percentage 8.99% 8.60% Swing 0.91pp –

PM before election Josef Tošovský Independent Elected PM Miloš Zeman ČSSD

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 Party	1,928,660	32.31	74	+13
Civic Democratic Party	1,656,011	27.74	63	–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	658,550	11.03	24	+2
KDU-ČSL	537,013	8.99	20	+2
Freedom Union	513,596	8.60	19	New
SPR-RSČ	232,965	3.90	0	–18
Pensioners for Life Security	182,900	3.06	0	0
Democratic Union	86,431	1.44	0	0
Green Party	67,143	1.12	0	New
Independents	51,981	0.87	0	0
Moravian Democratic Party	22,282	0.37	0	New
Czech National Social Party	17,185	0.29	0	New
Civic Coalition – Political Club	14,788	0.25	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	25,339	–	–	–
Total	5,994,844	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,116,836	73.9	–	–
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