Czech legislative election, 2002

14 and 15 June 2002

All 200 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic 101 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Vladimír Špidla	Václav Klaus	Miroslav Grebeníček
Party	ČSSD	ODS	KSČM
Last election	74 seats	63 seats	24
Seats won	70	58	41
Seat change	–4	–5	+17
Popular vote	1,440,279	1,166,975	882,653
Percentage	30.2%	24.5%	18.51%

	Fourth party

Leader	Cyril Svoboda
Party	KDU–ČSL
Seats won	31
Seat change	+11
Popular vote	680,670
Percentage	14.27%

PM before election

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

Elected PM

Vladimír Špidla
ČSSD

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002.^[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Social Democratic Party	1,440,279	30.20	70	–4
Civic Democratic Party	1,166,975	24.47	58	–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	882,653	18.51	41	+17
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU	680,670	14.27	31	+11
Union of Independents	132,699	2.78	0	New
Green Party	122,929	2.36	0	0
Republicans of Miroslav Sládek	46,325	0.97	0	New
Rural Party	41,773	0.87	0	New
Party for a Secure Life	41,404	0.86	0	New
Czech National Social Party	38,655	0.81	0	0
Hope	29,955	0.62	0	New
Right Bloc	28,163	0.59	0	New
Civic Democratic Alliance	24,278	0.50	0	New
Choice for the Future	16,730	0.35	0	New
Path of Change	13,169	0.27	0	New
Moravian Democratic Party	12,957	0.27	0	0
Common Sense Party	10,849	0.22	0	New
Akce za zrus.Senatu a proti t.	9,637	0.20	0	New
Balbinova poeticka strana	9,287	0.19	0	New
Humanist Alliance	8,461	0.17	0	New
Republicans	6,786	0.14	0	New
National Democratic Party	5,532	0.11	0	New
Democratic League	4,059	0.08	0	New
Czech Right	2,041	0.04	0	New
Czech Social Democratic Movement	602	0.01	0	New
Roma Civic Initiative	523	0.01	0	New
Party of Democratic Socialism	475	0.00	0	New
New Movement	139	0.00	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	21,139	–	–	–
Total	4,789,145	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,264,484	57.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

ČSSD			30.20%
ODS			24.47%
KSČM			18.51%
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU			14.27%
SNK			2.78%
SZ			2.36%
Others			7.41%

References

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

Elections and referendums in the Czech Republic

Presidential elections	2013 2018

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Senate elections	1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 by-elections

Regional elections	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Municipal elections	1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

European elections	2004 2009 2014

Referendums	2003

See also: Elections in Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia

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