Slovak parliamentary election, 1990

Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 8 and 9 June 1990 alongside federal elections. They were the first elections after the Velvet Revolution, and the first free elections since 1946. The Public Against Violence (VPN) party emerged as the largest in the Slovak National Council, winning 48 of the 150 seats. In the aftermath of the election, Vladimír Mečiar of the VPN formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). After a conflict leading to the dissolution of the VPN, the first Mečiar cabinet was brought down by a vote of non-confidence in the parliament. Ján Čarnogurský of the KDH became the new Prime Minister in April 1991.

Electoral system

These were the only elections with a 3% electoral threshold; it was raised to 5% for the 1992 elections.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Public Against Violence	991,285	29.35	48
Christian Democratic Movement	648,782	19.21	31
Slovak National Party	470,984	13.94	22
Communist Party of Slovakia	450,855	13.35	22
Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	292,636	8.66	14
Democratic Party	148,567	4.40	7
Party of Greens	117,871	3.49	6
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	85,060	2.52	0
Social Democracy	61,401	1.82	0
Freedom Party	60,041	1.78	0
Romas	24,797	0.73	0
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	13,417	0.40	0
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	7,023	0.21	0
Free Bloc	3,326	0.10	0
Czechoslovakian Socialist Party	1,166	0.03	0
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	515	0.02	0
Invalid/blank votes	77,925	–	–
Total	3,455,651	100	150
Registered voters/turnout	3,622,650	95.39	–
Source: Statistics.sk

Popular Vote
VPN			29.35%
KDH			19.21%
SNS			13.94%
KSS			13.35%
ESWMK			8.66%
DS			4.40%
SZ			3.49%
SPV			2.52%
SD			1.82%
SSL			1.78%
Other			1.49%

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